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Petruz
Username: Petruz
Registered: 05-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 5:27 am: | |
i'm thinking of doing this little mod to my '87 as200, but really don't know even if it would be possible. any opinions? i would greatly appreciate if someone posted a very closeup photo of an as200 brass/bone nut, lateral view.
thanks a lot
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Petruz
Username: Petruz
Registered: 05-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 6:03 am: | |
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Lampmeister
Username: Lampmeister
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 10:51 am: | |
I think fitting a brass nut is an excellent idea, cheap and immediate improvement. I have a Gordon Smith Gypsy II semi-solid and a Gordon Smith Strat copy which are both fitted with brass nuts as standard and I'm convinced they make a big difference. Go for it! |
Wildfield
Username: Wildfield
Registered: 05-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 12:00 pm: | |
When you say that the brass nut makes for a big improvement and/or difference, do you mean that you can hear an improvement to the tone?
What affect does a nut have on the guitar besides string separation, tuning (as in the string moving freely in the slot while tightening or loosening the tuning pegs) and keeping the strings suspended above the first fret in the open position? Once you fret a string, isn't the nut taken out of the picture? Just curious. |
Daveh
Username: Daveh
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 12:29 pm: | |
" Once you fret a string, isn't the nut taken out of the picture? Just curious."
Absolutely. Once you fret a note, the nut has nothing to do with tone. If the nut is properly fitted and sawn, the only time they have any effect is for tuning, or an open(un-fretted) note. |
Lampmeister
Username: Lampmeister
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 1:14 pm: | |
Yep, fretted notes do take the nut out of the equation, but I think a well cut brass nut is still well worth it for the extra resonance and maybe sustain that open notes seem to gain. That's mainly deduced from my experience with my Gordon Smith semi-solid, I've never played a fully hollow bodied guitar with a brass nut....yet! |
Acetan
Username: Acetan
Registered: 09-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 2:10 pm: | |
I personally prefer graphite nut for its low friction, thus less drag on the strings for easy of tuning.
Ace |
Wildfield
Username: Wildfield
Registered: 05-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 2:30 pm: | |
Got it. Thanks and sorry to wedge in a question - hope I didn't derail the thread. The reason I asked is, I have to change the nut on one of my guitars and wasn't sure what the advantages or reasons are for using different materials. Thanks for the information. |
Petruz
Username: Petruz
Registered: 05-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:41 am: | |
in your opinion installing a brass/bone nut is a reversible mod? i don't want to spoil my guitar... just in case i'd want/need to sell it. |
Lampmeister
Username: Lampmeister
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 3:12 pm: | |
Completely reversible and totally safe. Just don't lose the old nut. |
Artfield
Username: Artfield
Registered: 04-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 10:09 am: | |
Why Brass ? |
Petruz
Username: Petruz
Registered: 05-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 2:45 pm: | |
i say brass because it's the common way to call it... maybe it's another league. could be a nickel/bone or something. |
Daveh
Username: Daveh
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 4:41 pm: | |
I think brass, because most bridge saddles were brass. |
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