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Post by PistolPete on Sept 20, 2018 13:35:08 GMT
Leaving YouTube to autoplay in the background earlier it threw up a video of a guitar-tech-to-the-stars showing you how to change strings and he was advocating the use of a product called 'Nut Sauce' to lubricate the nut & bridge.
A quick Google suggests there's quite few similar products around - I wondered if anyone had tried any of them? Are they any better than the old pencil lead trick?
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Post by ocarolan on Sept 20, 2018 13:42:13 GMT
I've never needed to lubricate my nuts.
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Post by leoroberts on Sept 20, 2018 14:26:11 GMT
I've never needed to lubricate my nuts. Keith Is that cos you dribble?
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Post by 007 on Sept 20, 2018 15:06:34 GMT
I get my nut lubrication elsewhere
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Post by minorkey on Sept 20, 2018 22:36:20 GMT
Lubricate your nuts? That'll put lead in your pencil...
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Post by ocarolan on Sept 20, 2018 22:46:52 GMT
Just to return to what was originally a perfectly sensible question (sorry PistolPete !) I reckon decently cut nut slots really help to avoid sicky moments (sorry, again) - the slots need to be angled appropriately to direct the string gently towards the relevant tuner post rather than let the string be diverted abruptly as it leaves the nut. The slots also need to be ramped carefully to avoid sudden changes of direction. And of course they should be of the correct width to allow the string to move through without hindrance. Excess material above the string can be a nuisance too, as it makes final adjusting the crucial slot base more difficult, and the slot base should be gently rounded to ensure the string sits snugly in it. None of these things are as easy to accomplish as it might sound, judging by the number of poorly adjusted nuts you see in guitar shops; even on some expensive guitars. Keith
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Post by PistolPete on Sept 21, 2018 10:55:39 GMT
Just to return to what was originally a perfectly sensible question (sorry PistolPete !) I am completely SHOCKED and OUTRAGED that a simple thread about a product called Nut Sauce could descend into cheap innuendo so swiftly...
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Post by Onechordtrick on Sept 21, 2018 11:45:07 GMT
Just to return to what was originally a perfectly sensible question (sorry PistolPete !) I am completely SHOCKED and OUTRAGED that a simple thread about a product called Nut Sauce could descend into cheap innuendo so swiftly... You must be new here
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Post by Troy on Sept 21, 2018 13:55:35 GMT
Lubricated (or desiccated) nuts aside, you can make your own "Nut Sauce" by mixing up some graphite and lip balm (Chap Stick, Carmex etc.) and applying with a tooth pick to the nut and bridge slots. It makes stretching out new strings a breeze and gets rid of any "ping" from less than perfect slots. I apply it pretty much every time I change strings.
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Post by gomers on Sept 25, 2018 9:24:25 GMT
I just use a bit of graphite from a mechanical pencil, always have done.
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Post by alig on Sept 25, 2018 13:13:23 GMT
I just use a bit of graphite from a mechanical pencil, always have done. Yup. Always have the stub of a pencil in the box for just this. Just the wound strings, mind. Dunno where or when I read this but I seem to have been doing it for donkeys years...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2018 9:57:29 GMT
Just pencil in the slots every time I change strings here too, forever.
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Post by curmudgeon on Oct 19, 2018 18:18:01 GMT
Just pencil in the slots every time I change strings here too, forever. I don't even do that, but should the nut slots be a problem - this is the answer.
As far as the jokes here - i think it's great - if it was the AGF we'd all be banned!
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Post by Akquarius on Oct 19, 2018 18:40:46 GMT
if it was the AGF we'd all be banned! Oh...that place.... well... i heard that masochists like it a lot over there... So far I haven't used anything at all on nut slots. Neither graphite nor any other stuff. Is there any indication that would show the necessity of using graphite, nut sauce or comparable stuff? String buzz? reduced sustain?
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Post by andyhowell on Oct 19, 2018 22:19:31 GMT
I don’t use anything either mind you the kit on the Lucas is made of wood.
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