Eh, it needs a new nut anyway due to an injury, so I'll likely spring for that anyway. Will need to be black to match the hardware though. I doubt it's the nut though, it's been my beater for ~20 years and is dropping almost a semi tone between plays, so I'm pretty sure the tuners have finally let go. I had it strung up with really heavy guage for a long time and left it sitting for a few years when the kids came along..