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"Zero-nut"
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:04 pm
by olrocknroller
Here is the nut I have designed for a companion to the High-transfer bridge. I have never been happy with most nuts on guitars, tuning issues with tremolo's, poor open-string tone etc. I scratched my head, and came up with a way to replace Gibson-style nuts with a zero-fret and string guide combined in one unit, that screws right in place with no major mods to the guitar (two small screw holes). Strung it up today and am very
with the results!
Here's the URL for the photos:
http://s1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc372/olrocknroller/2011%20Project%20Guitars/High-transfer%20Bridge/
Re: "Zero-nut"
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:09 pm
by Bob Shade
Semie Moseley did this on some of the Brass Rail guitars.
Re: "Zero-nut"
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:53 pm
by olrocknroller
Bob Shade wrote:Semie Moseley did this on some of the Brass Rail guitars.
Ain't it the truth...the more new ideas we have the more we find that someone else was way ahead of us!
Re: "Zero-nut"
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:55 pm
by Sarah93003
Pretty cool!
Re: "Zero-nut"
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:23 am
by panther
I recently converted an acoustic guitar I bought cheap, to a zero nut. I absolutely love it. It gives the acoustic much more volume, and has a slight metallic sound, NOT Metallica, Metallic.
Dan
Re: "Zero-nut"
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:28 am
by panther
Olrocknroller;
BTW, I think your design is better then the separate fret concept. It will even transfer better in my opinion.
Even more so if made from metal, I would prefer brass.
Dan
Re: "Zero-nut"
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:31 am
by panther
Just curious, why did you decide to screw it on rather then glue ?
Dan
Re: "Zero-nut"
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:04 pm
by olrocknroller
panther wrote:Just curious, why did you decide to screw it on rather then glue ?
Dan
I'm just a screwy kind of guy, I guess
...actually, I find that brass is quite "slippery", and wouldn't trust it to stay put if it got even a slight knock with the strings off. My country-pickin' buddy had real problems with nuts breaking loose because he bends a whole fist-ful of strings at once...I screwed it on, and the problem went away. It's my fastener of choice!
Re: "Zero-nut"
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:39 pm
by olrocknroller
panther wrote:Olrocknroller;
BTW, I think your design is better then the separate fret concept. It will even transfer better in my opinion.
Even more so if made from metal, I would prefer brass.
Dan
Yup. It is brass. My pictures obviously aren't showing it very well!
Re: "Zero-nut"
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:15 am
by panther
olrocknroller wrote:panther wrote:Olrocknroller;
BTW, I think your design is better then the separate fret concept. It will even transfer better in my opinion.
Even more so if made from metal, I would prefer brass.
Dan
Yup. It is brass. My pictures obviously aren't showing it very well!
It did show very well that it was made from Brass, I just stated that I would also prefer brass over bone or anything else.
If you rough up the contact points on the backside and use Duco Cement, I don't think it will come off easily.
Dan