Corian Guitar Nut

I used Corian to make the nut of my electric ukulele in last year's Build Challenge.

Corian guitar nut. I just would like knowledgeable players and possible professional players opinions. Tusq XL Slotted Nut for Fender-style Guitars. I like tusq for any guitar that has a trem system. It is easy to work I agree.

They are probably far cheaper to produce than a Corian nut actually... The status quo is bone so I use bone. It is available for a 1-11/16" nut width only. With this in mind, it might seem appropriate that the material for a nut should be the same as the material used for the frets, which is how the “zero fret” came about.

I do think there's a very slight but audible tone difference when bone nuts are installed. Maximum string guage per slot: 1st string - .024" 2nd string - .028" 3rd string - .034" 4th string - .039" 5th string - .048" 6th string - .059" Apr 25, 2015 #9

The grooves are designed to lead the string from the fingerboard to the headstock or pegbox in a smooth curve, to prevent damage to the strings or their windings. Cutting a nut correctly is one of the most challenging and important parts of luthiery. No cutting or changing your guitar. The different nut materials, from ebony to bone to plastic to mother-of-pear to graphite to ivory and brass, all have an influence on.

You still have to lubricate it now and then, but this is the second best tuning LP that I've ever owned. Join those who know great guitar tone! Compare Now site51274741992450132072 1274115045841. Graphtech nuts are just injection molded plastic impregnated with teflon.

I have a bunch of Corian left from when I did the countertops in my house. This essential little contact point between the strings and wood of your guitar. I'm sold on Corian. Tusq, on the other hand, has the opposite problem.

A well-constructed nut with quality materials will have an amazing effect on the effectiveness of your instrument. Could it be that. Hello, My les paul has the standard corian plastic? Selecting a nut for tone is almost useless.

A number of guitar builders now use corian saddles stock on theim models, and it would appear to be a consistent and hard material that is relatively easy to work (bone being hard, but more. The LSR nut is available on right-handed necks only. Got a Les Paul Studio Vintage Mahogany...had the nylon nut replaced with corian...but it creaks, and has been back to the tech who installed it...who filed them a bit (and it stayed in tune while he was playing it), then got back home, and now the strings "creak" just above the correct tuning, and when I back them off they "creak" down just below tune!!!! Graph Tech TUSQ XL Fender Style Slotted Nut.

TUSQ is far superior in sound and appearance to synthetics such as Micarta and Corian. The zero fret approach reduces string contact in the nut by 93%. Corian is actually much denser than either bone or Tusk. Strings glide freely on the polished fret, and return to tune fast and reliably.

The high levels of heat and pressure used in making TUSQ results in its exotic ivory-like appearance. Earvana manufactures and distributes revolutionary guitar intonation technology. I have a 1994 HD28 and it came with a corian nut. Corian and Micarta, both trade-name countertop materials, make fine nuts, although they wear faster than the old-time bone (it's cow bone.) Some of the modern graphite-impregnated plastics make fine nuts as well.

Looks, cuts, feels and even smells exactly the same to me. Choose the ZerO Glide that fits. This is just an FIY thread. A Corian nut on an ageing guitar will look like a septuagenarian Hollywood actor with a brand new set of false-teeth.

Fretboard radius is not an issue: I just did a nut using a Graphtech Tusq blank provided by the customer. Yes, I find that the material Gibson currently use (I think it’s Corian) snags the string, causing tuning problems. 6-month Promotional Financing Available ‡ Rated 4.5/5 Stars.

Graph Tech PQL-5000-00 TUSQ XL Fender-style Slotted Nut - 1-11/16" Long x 1/8" Wide. It isn't a thermoplastic, but is thermoformable. Graph Tech String Saver Originals for Strat & Tele - 2 1/16" spacing. String Saver Saddles for Strat- and Tele-style Electric Guitars.

Walter is right, get a tech. I recently had a bone nut put in and it seemed made the guitar seem a lot brighter. Not buying it on an electric. Tusq darkens pretty quickly and keeps going.

TUSQ - Nuts TUSQ DELIVERS THE OPTIMUM FREQUENCIES FROM THE STRINGS TO THE GUITAR TOP, PRODUCING RICHER AND FULLER TONE. The patented technology is a uniquely designed nut created to improve the sound of your guitar. Post Jun 18, 2009 #1 2009-06-18T01:43. I am considering changing it to a bone nut to get a better sound.

It cuts, sands, and slots nicely with standard woodworking/luthier tools. TUSQ is simply more efficient at transferring vibrations to your guitar top, resulting in big open lows and cle Several years ago a UMGFer picked up a piece of corian as he was redoing his kitchen countertops, and fashioned a nut and saddle that he was happy with. A worn out or poorly built guitar nut can influence your tone for better or worse.

This requires skill and the correct tools. Just stay away from plastic or vinyl. You have probably noticed that it is nearly impossible to tune your guitar so that the chords in the first 5 frets ring true for any open chords. Reviews reviews for this product.

The Corian nut I got on a Warmoth neck order, is the best nut I've ever had in a guitar. Compensated nut on Music Man Bongo 5 bass guitar The nut may be made of ebony , ivory , cow bone, brass , Corian or plastic, and is usually notched or grooved for the strings. You can switch back to your conventional nut if you ever feel like it. If it did, you’d notice a big difference between the sound of open and fretted strings.

TUSQ or Corian vs bone. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Mine (2011 Trad) just happened to be cut perfectly. Nut Material Corian vs Bone Nut Material Corian vs Bone .

Once the note is fretted the nut is out of the sonic picture.. Indirectly, the nut also influences the overall tone of a guitar because the nut transfers the vibrations of the strings to the neck, so the material and density are crucial. As for sound transfer, I don’t think that the nut has all that much impact on the sound of a guitar. Each one must be cut according to the dimensions and requirements of the specific neck it is to be used on.