Members FastRedPonyCar Posted October 4, 2006 Members Share Posted October 4, 2006 My SX SJB-75 came a few days ago and surprisingly it's much better than I thought a $150 bass could be. I took the advice of other SX owners and ordered some upgrades for it. gotoh bridge, new pots/jack and a tusq nut. The nut came yesterday and holding it next to the one on the guitar, I'm wondering if there could be a problem. I got the one that is pre-slotted for replacements on Fender Jazz bass guitars. The guy at graphtech said he would send the one that fits the SX basses which apparently they sell a lot of. I took his word that he knew what he was doing. When I hold this tusq nut next to the one on the guitar now, it appears that the grooves for the E and G strings on the tusq nut are slightly further apart from the two middle strings than on the factory nut. This means that the E and G strings will be closer to the edge of the fretboard but otherwise, the nut appears to be the same lenght across as the SX nut. did the guy send the wrong one or does this bass require an unslotted nut to be custom cut or will this one work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassplayer7770 Posted October 4, 2006 Members Share Posted October 4, 2006 Originally posted by FastRedPonyCar This means that the E and G strings will be closer to the edge of the fretboard How close to the edges are we talkin' here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FastRedPonyCar Posted October 4, 2006 Author Members Share Posted October 4, 2006 i'll take a pic when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted October 4, 2006 Members Share Posted October 4, 2006 I bet it'll be fine. Just slightly wider string spacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FastRedPonyCar Posted October 4, 2006 Author Members Share Posted October 4, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glyder Posted October 4, 2006 Members Share Posted October 4, 2006 The E and G strings gonna be a PROBLEM for sure! The nuts to wide period. Its useless to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adrenochrome Posted October 4, 2006 Members Share Posted October 4, 2006 looks like a nut for a P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mark7171 Posted October 4, 2006 Members Share Posted October 4, 2006 did you try a wooden toothpick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FastRedPonyCar Posted October 4, 2006 Author Members Share Posted October 4, 2006 I figured it would be. I'll just send it back for an unslotted one I guess. My luthier can do the slotting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mark7171 Posted October 5, 2006 Members Share Posted October 5, 2006 its for a different sized nut. what benefits are there to replacing the nut with a graphite(besides the stock one is defeective)? i thought bone was the {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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