Andy 40's JBA-4

[Hobastard]

I reckon a Bone but is a Must. My prebuilt has a placky one and it is the weak point of the Bass, with open notes sounding dull in comparison with fretted notes.

[wazkelly]

I reckon a Bone but is a Must. My prebuilt has a placky one and it is the weak point of the Bass, with open notes sounding dull in comparison with fretted notes.

Tend to agree but always fascinated that some big name brands come standard with plastic nuts yet still sound quite decent with Fender & Rickenbacker being most obvious ones I can recall. Maybe Chinese plastic nuts are just more at the rubbish end of things? In a few days I will have tried out the DB PBG bone nut replacement and anticipate it will have better sustain and brighter sounding open notes.

[Hobastard]

Tend to agree but always fascinated that some big name brands come standard with plastic nuts yet still sound quite decent with Fender & Rickenbacker being most obvious ones I can recall. Maybe Chinese plastic nuts are just more at the rubbish end of things? In a few days I will have tried out the DB PBG bone nut replacement and anticipate it will have better sustain and brighter sounding open notes.

Totally agree.

Plastics ain't Plastics....

I replaced the Nut on my 70's Jazz Bass with a Brass one, (had to make 'em yourself in those days) pretty quickly, but the Ibanez still has it's original one.