Roly's ES12G

[Fretworn]

I am considering some MOP inlays for the neck and headstock. While applying the stain the nut dislodged. Is MOP suitable for a nut or should I stick with bone?
Cheers

I would have thought MOP would be way to fragile for the nut.

[Roly]

Found this info

https://www.theguitarmagazine.com/di...top-nut-tales/

[king casey]

Found this info

https://www.theguitarmagazine.com/di...top-nut-tales/

I read it elsewhere but I've stopped obsessing over the nut.
Really only affects 6 notes on the entire guitar.
Every other note involves a finger/fret.

Cheers, Mark.

[wazkelly]

I read it elsewhere but I've stopped obsessing over the nut.
Really only affects 6 notes on the entire guitar.
Every other note involves a finger/fret.

Cheers, Mark.

If you like playing ac/dc rhythm parts they are mostly root chords therefore a few open notes happening.....probably sound better with a more substantial nut.
That said, on my last Ric 4003 it had a plastic looking nut on instrument that retails somewhere near $4k and it sounded just fine. Perhaps not as big an issue on Bass?


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[Sonic Mountain]

Apparently the nut's on those are Bakelite - which is actually the very first plastic ever produced. Commonly found on old saucepan handles and kettle plugs. It is very dense and can be quite brittle - which makes me think its probably a lot more like bone in the way it behaves than a cheaper ABS nut. The ABS is a lot more malleable and would absorb vibration more than transfer it. Which seems to be the point of using a hard material like bone/brass/graphtech.