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Trying to find a replacement nut

drawisdrawis Frets: 6
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Hi all,

The high E on my Fingerbone Strat is compromised by the nut- it has started to twang excessively (and irritatingly) all the time and it never used to. I think maybe the string has dug in a little too deep.

I've no idea what sort of nut it is- I can't see anything resembling it on the net and im unsure what it is made of.


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  • drawisdrawis Frets: 6

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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72246
    It's some sort of black plastic by the look of it. It looks like the sort of thing that would be used to replace a removed Floyd Rose locking nut if you were converting the guitar to a non-locking bridge. I thought you could buy those from somewhere online, but I can't find them now - I'm either wrong or not searching the right terms...

    Your best bet is probably to have a new one made from either Corian or bone by copying the dimensions - but it won't be that cheap because there's quite a lot of work in it.

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