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KAISH 42mm Solid Brass Guitar Nut Height Adjustable Curved Brass Nut for Strat/Tele Electric Guitar
Mallory R. Hoover
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025
I installed this on my Fender special edition HH FMT. As mentioned by others, the piece had sharp edges that required attention. I also had to file the bottom a bit to obtain the correct height. I chose to do this as opposed to deepening the nut slot. The fit was such that I did not need to adhere it with glue. It is held by string tension. It took a bit of playing around to get the individual strings to the desired height. But once I got the hang of it the task went quickly.Sound quality is brighter, which may not suit some players. The strings stay in tune as well as the plastic nut that I replaced.All in all, I like it and will order this again for my other guitars.
Fuzz Lourde
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2024
Pros: The dimensions listed were spot on and this fit perfectly into my Godin LGX, which is a 'Gibson style' neck. The top of the nut is angled to one side, be sure to put the high side toward your frets or you will get buzzing. Installation and setup was a breeze. I change my string gauge often when switching between baritone tuning and standard, and this is perfect for accommodation of weird string gauges. The brass nut sounds much brighter than my original nut, which I think was bone. I like the bright tone but you may not.Cons: The edges of the nut are sharp, playing cowboy chords will get you poked. Nothing a bit of filing won't fix, but it's there. One of the screws on my nut didn't sit quite right and would shift and ping when I did string bends. I fixed this by putting a bit of teflon tape (the white stuff you use for plumbing) on the threads before screwing it back in.This isn't perfect, but I'm quite happy. It's very easy to adjust the action by loosening the string and turning the screw the string sits in. I'd give it 5/5 if the corners were rounded off and I didn't need to add teflon tape to my D string screw.
Mr Tony
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2024
I have been building guitars for years, and am now retiring. I decided to build one last signature guitar for myelf. Being very meticulous about string action, I thought I'd try this variable height brass nut in the build. I was not disappointed. Pin-point accuracy on every string - 5*****
Kunde
Reviewed in Germany on September 2, 2023
Nach dem Tausch gegen ein Kunststoffteil hat sich eine deutliche Verbesserung eingestellt.
Matthew Smith
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2023
I have an old Epi LP Pro 100 that I have never been able to get the intonation right on. New bridges, tail pieces, a bone nut, a Tusq nut (both of which I thought were properly cut, clearly not,) countless truss rod adjustments.....but nothing would completely nail down the tuning. I could get close, but maybe a bit off on the first 7 or 8 fretted notes, so....untuned. And frustrating.I took a chance on this, not having very high hopes. It arrived on time, and upon first observation, my hopes were slightly emboldened as it seemed to be cut very precisely. And it definitely had some mass to it.I loosened the strings (just put on less than a week ago) cleaned out the nut slot with a small file, and placed in this nut. Perfect, tight fit on the front and bottom. Even the width was perfect. No overhang to bite your hand while playing. I wasn't sure how to set the screw height to begin with, so I adjusted every screw to nearly its maximum height with the intention of working down. Ran the strings through the grooves in each screw, tuned up to pitch. Spent maybe 10 minutes fine tuning......then, at last, sweet intonation.Every string, every fret......even the dreaded first fret tuning was dead on. As far as the sound? It might be slightly brighter.....or it might be me expecting it to be brighter.....either way, it sounds good. I can't tell much sonic difference between this and bone.Also, you can get your action super low too, if that's your deal.Glad I gave it a shot. High return on a small investment.
Augusto
Reviewed in Italy on November 12, 2023
mi è piaciuto l'articolo...fuori prezzo altri simili li ho pagati meno...
ACL
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2023
I cut my original Fender plastic nut slots too low and the strings were buzzing. So I thought I'd upgrade to a bone nut. I got the 42mm one with the 7.25 radius because my Tele neck is one of the vintage style necks.The fit is amazing! I needed to sand the flat back (on the tuner side) just a little with 600 grit. The nut fit the neck super snugly; in fact I didn't need to use any glue at all. As you can see by the photos, it's almost finished. Also, the slots cut straight and clean. (no need for nut lube afterward either)NOTE: If you're putting in a new nut, cut the slots a bit above where they're going to end up and play it for a few days. You can always cut more but you can't cut less! I'm going to finish the nut this weekend and sand/polish the top. Highly recommended!
Alexander
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2023
Superb quality, as described unbleached
Claudio
Reviewed in Italy on October 27, 2022
L idea è buona ma sulla mia gibson non va , l altezza dovrebbe essere almeno 9 mm ma con le viti si arriva a mala pena 7 o 8 al limite e quindi instabile , corde che oscillano da sole e fanno ronzii strani ...
Rob
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2020
I used this to replace my stock American Made Stratocaster neck nut. You will need to shape it to get it to fit right--so you need tools and a bit of skill. I have a workshop so no biggie for me.It will require you to take off about .25mm from the back (don't sand the "factory flat part, the side closest to the pickups, sand the back part closest to the tuners). On my neck, the factory nut curved with the radius of the neck . So I use the original nut as a template to mark this one so I knew how much to remove and how shape the curve. I used a Dremel (to remove mostly in the middle) and then carefully with 120 grit sandpaper to work with the bone to fit. I took my time and I am very pleased with the results.What I like the most (to my surprise) is how well the sting slots are cut. The spacing is dead on except for the 1E string, which is more "centered." This worked to my favor because I felt like the stock string spacing was to close to the edge and I did not like where it put my 1E. Not anymore, its perfect. Lastly, I use heavy top/light bottom strings (.52-.10). On the stock nut the 6E would not fit down and as snug as I wanted. I was planning on siling this nut to accommodate, but to my surprise, there was NO NEED. I easily used the .52 string to remove just enough for a perfect fit. In fact, I would say that all of my strings fit better in this nut.With a .05 degree reverse/shim added, and complete string setup, my strat build is finally complete. This is a great nut and I would recommend it to anyone who has the tools and time to figure out how to install it.
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