Best Adhesive For Nut Installation:

[Ebidis]

What’s Kentucky got to do with anything.

There's a lot of nuts in Kentucky.

 

[RVA]

Brass was the material originally used by Gibson for their Zero nut. It established grooves and buzzed very quickly. This happened to me. As a result, Gibson sent titanium nut replacements out for free.

 

[Inspector #20]

Brass was the material originally used by Gibson for their Zero nut. It established grooves and buzzed very quickly. This happened to me. As a result, Gibson sent titanium nut replacements out for free.

I think Ti is about the perfect nut material, but difficult to work from scratch.

 

[RVA]

I think Ti is about the perfect nut material, but difficult to work from scratch.

Bone works great. I am even OK with plastic until it breaks if you can manage to get the slot right the first time. And for $12, Tusq will provide many years (or for you 8 months) of solid use!

 

[Inspector #20]

The non lubricated tusq nut is a bit more durable. Doesnt have the PTFE though. They're also harder to find seems like everything is PTFE anymore

I sawed through a Graph Tech Tusq XL in about a month of heavy tremolo use. It's too soft for a 'daily driver's studio weapon...IMHO

 

[Inspector #20]

The non lubricated tusq nut is a bit more durable. Doesnt have the PTFE though. They're also harder to find seems like everything is PTFE anymore

Watch Yngwie use his stock Fender 6 screw tremolo and comes back to.pitch everything.

Yngwie's tech wraps the low E from bottom to top in order to improve string angle through the nut.

Brass, IMHO, is the best nut material of all. I've read articles where ot was stated that Gibson used 'ornamental, craft-grade' brass for their nuts instead of Marine grade brass.

Naval brass is the classic high-strength and corrosion-resistant alloy containing 60 percent copper, 75 percent tin and 39.2 percent zinc.

I've seen Stratocasters from the 1960's with perfect nut slots with zero grooving.

 

[Inspector #20]

 

[67plexi]

Ivory is best second best camel bone. I made this nut out of ivory should last the rest of my life.
And I don't use glue I press fit them.

 

[Don O]

Naval brass is the classic high-strength and corrosion-resistant alloy containing 60 percent copper, 75 percent tin and 39.2 percent zinc.

Hey, I’m pretty respectable at math. Something ain’t right here.

 

[Inspector #20]

 

[Inspector #20]

I made one from brass today...excellent return to pitch...

 

[Inspector #20]

Hey, I’m pretty respectable at math. Something ain’t right here.

Copied from Grainger website. Never added up the numbers. Good catch!!!

 

[Inspector #20]

Ivory is best second best camel bone. I made this nut out of ivory should last the rest of my life.
And I don't use glue I press fit them.

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Mine is a press fit too, but I used two tiny dots of super glue just in case...

 

[smitty_p]

Hey, I’m pretty respectable at math. Something ain’t right here.

Yeah, it’s a total of 174.2% of something.

That must be some pretty wild brass!

 

[Inspector #20]

Yeah, it’s a total of 174.2% of something.

That must be some pretty wild brass!

LOL!

It was a copy and paste from Grainger website