Members jr_vw2 Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 http://www.guitarpartscentral.com/roller-nut.html Yes im sure its a cheap POS. But in theory could you swap this out for a floyd style nut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pope on a Rope Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 In practice why would you swap out a locking Floyd for a roller? The purpose of the locking nut is to keep the strings from popping out of the slots and from slackening the winds on the post when you dive bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jr_vw2 Posted February 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 yes I know what a floyd nut is for. I guess I should be more specific. A floyd neck on a non floyd guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Argh! Zombies! Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 In practice why would you swap out a locking Floyd for a roller? The purpose of the locking nut is to keep the strings from popping out of the slots and from slackening the winds on the post when you dive bomb. I'm guessing if you've repurposed a neck from a Floyd guitar it would be of some use? Never seen one like this, sorry OP, but it does sound like Floydy measurements. Edit: was writing at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jedisb Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 I would think you would want individual rollers for each string as due to gauge differences the "rolling" may happen at different rates for each string. But maybe I'm over analyzing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orbm1 Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 I have a rolling nut in my CS Strat; it does not look like that, but it is GREAT, no issues whatsoever (so far). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Argh! Zombies! Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 Yeah, the Fender ones are nice, but that one linked by the OP looks somewhat shonky. I tend to think if I ever end up with a repurposed Floyd-cut neck I'll finally give that Earvana thing a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 Yeah, the Fender ones are nice, but that one linked by the OP looks somewhat shonky.I tend to think if I ever end up with a repurposed Floyd-cut neck I'll finally give that Earvana thing a go. What earvana thing is that? Linky? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members webwarmiller Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 You wouldn't just be able to swap that nut in place of a locking nut. With a locking nut the string's last contact is still at the very front edge of the nut. That roller nut would have the contact point a couple (at least) MM from the front edge. You would need to remove some more of the fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Argh! Zombies! Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 What earvana thing is that? Linky? Thanks! I was sure they made a compensated nut that was Floyd sized but not locking, just open, but now I can't find it. All is not lost, though; I may have combined it in my special brain with the Ebanol nut. How's this strike you? I like it more than that rolly thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A_Gitarman Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 I have one like in the OP floating around here somewhere... bought it on a whim and never bothered to put it on a guitar As I recall, it should fit in the place of a Floyd-type nut pretty well... except for the problem Webwarmiller mentioned above (which, thinking back, it probably why I never installed it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 I recently put a Floyd neck on a non Floyd geetar for a customer. I just made up a Gibby style nut for it out of Corian. Made it wide enough to look like it was meant to be that way. Worked fine.As already mentioned, the roller part of this nut looks like it would move the contact point so far back that intonation would not happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 I was sure they made a compensated nut that was Floyd sized but not locking, just open, but now I can't find it. All is not lost, though; I may have combined it in my special brain with the Ebanol nut. How's this strike you? I like it more than that rolly thing. You sir, just made my day. I've been working on a project for a friend who had a very nice Strat that he wants de-Floyded. This is exactly what I need to finish the neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted February 8, 2011 Members Share Posted February 8, 2011 You sir, just made my day. I've been working on a project for a friend who had a very nice Strat that he wants de-Floyded. This is exactly what I need to finish the neck. All good and fine, but 30 bucks!?!. Ouch!!! Guaran-phucking-tee you'll need to massage it to make it work (no comments about massaging nuts, please!). Just make one from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members etawful Posted February 9, 2011 Members Share Posted February 9, 2011 All good and fine, but 30 bucks!?!. Ouch!!! Guaran-phucking-tee you'll need to massage it to make it work (no comments about massaging nuts, please!). Just make one from scratch. All Parts site always lists the full retail price. If you do a search for the part no., you can usually find it cheaper. For instance: http://www.guitarpartssite.com/Jackson-Guitar-Neck-s/223.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jr_vw2 Posted February 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2011 Yeah I think that Ebanol is gonna be the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jr_vw2 Posted February 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2011 Thanks etawful for that link.....I just ordered one:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danswon Posted February 9, 2011 Members Share Posted February 9, 2011 You sir, just made my day. I've been working on a project for a friend who had a very nice Strat that he wants de-Floyded. This is exactly what I need to finish the neck. I was thinking about that ebanol nut too for 2 guitars i'm de-floyding. but then i thought, why not just take the top locking part off? it always seemed fine to do that when tuning up from the headstock tuners so why not all the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted February 9, 2011 Members Share Posted February 9, 2011 I was thinking about that ebanol nut too for 2 guitars i'm de-floyding. but then i thought, why not just take the top locking part off? it always seemed fine to do that when tuning up from the headstock tuners so why not all the time? Have you tried it yet? Seems reasonable, and much much cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jr_vw2 Posted February 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2011 Yeah I would do that but the neck I'm planning on using doesn't have a nut on it ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted February 9, 2011 Members Share Posted February 9, 2011 I was thinking about that ebanol nut too for 2 guitars i'm de-floyding. but then i thought, why not just take the top locking part off? it always seemed fine to do that when tuning up from the headstock tuners so why not all the time? I had thought about that too. I think that the initial tuning up would only cause so much friction against the metal nut before you locked it down, but if you left it that way, the repeated friction with constant tuning, string bends, etc., would cause a weak point in the string. Maybe not though. Also, it's ugly as sin. That's probably the real reason for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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