« Reply #33 on: December 21, 2009, 12:06:07 PM »
When I had the nut on the 335 clone replaced, the tech told me that he would be starting with a blank nut. Sabi ko bakit hindi nalang niya gamitin yung model xxx (can't remember the number) since the specs practically fit the specs of my clone's neck. Sabi niya in his experience with pre-fabbed nuts, more often than not hindi nagkakatugma yung sukat ng nut at nung gitara - even if the specs on the package/website say so. Besides he'd still have to file the groves on the nut to the string gauge to be used, so he said that he prefers to start with a blank nut and shape and cut the groves himself. Hope that helps.
+1. when i replaced the corian nut with a graphtech nut on my ernie ball musicman electric I had to file the grooves down kasi malaki yung gap between the strings and fret sa lower frets. also you will need to file the sides of the nut para hindi sumabit sa kamay. had four graphtechs installed on my guitars. my EBMM had black tusq, the strat had earvana / tusq material. my washburn and tele had the white graphtech tusq. i still prefer the white tusq over the black graphtech. the white material seems sound better than the black material. i think it's the teflon on the black graphtech that dulls the sound a little bit.
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