nut replacement:)

sda2mike
sda2mike Posts: 3,131
edited March 2011 in The Clubhouse
anybody ever replace the nut on a strat copy? it's non- slotted..i'm about to perform the surgery on my 31 yr old ibanez..any helpful advice?

thanks
mike
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited March 2011
    One or both? :biggrin:
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited March 2011
    ibanez was born with one
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited March 2011
    I have replaced a few in my day. I always order parts from StewMac. What is exactly do you mean by non-slotted?
    --Gary--
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited March 2011
    some guitars have a slot that the nut slides into...mine just sits there with glue to hold it in place
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited March 2011
    Surely there's a synthetic replacement, no? :biggrin:
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited March 2011
    steveinaz wrote: »
    Surely there's a synthetic replacement, no? :biggrin:

    Sure there is. Check StewMac.com for Tusq, Micarta....


    Mike, I have had literally 100's of guitars over the last 25 years. Not sure I have ever seen one where the nut slides into a slot.:confused: I prefer guitars with locking nuts myself, like Floyd Rose or Kahler Spyder equiped guitars though.

    There are other options out there than just replacing it with a standard bone or plastic nut. I would suggest a roller nut perhaps. I want to put one of a Warmouth strat I have but haven't gotten around to it yet.

    Here is a pic...

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    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited March 2011
    thanks for the replies...i ordered a Tusq replacement nut...i'm going through everything..pots, switch, pickups, tuners, jack and tailpiece..this one is a survivor! to me it's much prefered over the strats i've owned and played..i'm pondering whether to 'block' the tremelo or upgrade the wammer

    thanks
    mike
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited March 2011
    Mike, post some pics dude! I am guessing with it having a standard nut it also has a standard type tremolo? I am not a fan of blocking a tremolo. Why are you thinking of doing this? Tuning issues perhaps?


    Also there are some DIY guys that will take a cow bone. Guessing rib bone. Boil it to soften it and flatten it. Then cut it making there own true bone nut for their guitars.
    --Gary--
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