Andrew Paul
The cat's meow
Yesterday I saw a thread in the electric guitar category regarding the pros/cons of inserting a brass nut in a Silver Sky. That post inspired me to write this thread and it got me to thinking, why did PRS go to bone nuts on so many models? For years they touted how good their proprietary composite nut was. I swear I read somewhere that they even improved their proprietary composite nut from the original version to include brass dust to help tone. And, I know Paul himself mentioned that you could send your older PRS GUITAR’s back to the factory (PTC for a fee) to upgrade your parts to include the latest innovations. Parts like tuners, nut, wraparound bridge with brass inserts, 594 style bridge with lower mass saddles, and two piece tremolo bridge with brass block, and available pickups.
So why bone? I myself was perfectly happy with the proprietary nut installed on PRS GUITAR‘s. Before some of my newer models which have bone nuts the only guitars I had that had a bone nut were the PRS ACOUSTIC‘s. One of these acoustics I have to get the nut replaced because it’s starting to buzz on the first fret…. the D string mainly. Don’t tell me to adjust my truss rod, it doesn’t have one. I believe this is due to all my tuning changes. I play in the open tunings and I change to a lot of different string gauges….. whatever, parts wear out. I was thinking about sending it back to PTC and getting the proprietary nut installed.
So what nuts do you prefer and why? (I know it’s a loaded question and I’ll get lots of humorous replies lol).
Below is a link to a Ted talk with Paul. At the 4:40 mark he drops different nuts on the stage. To me, clearly the most responsive is the proprietary nut versus the bone.
So why bone? I myself was perfectly happy with the proprietary nut installed on PRS GUITAR‘s. Before some of my newer models which have bone nuts the only guitars I had that had a bone nut were the PRS ACOUSTIC‘s. One of these acoustics I have to get the nut replaced because it’s starting to buzz on the first fret…. the D string mainly. Don’t tell me to adjust my truss rod, it doesn’t have one. I believe this is due to all my tuning changes. I play in the open tunings and I change to a lot of different string gauges….. whatever, parts wear out. I was thinking about sending it back to PTC and getting the proprietary nut installed.
So what nuts do you prefer and why? (I know it’s a loaded question and I’ll get lots of humorous replies lol).
Below is a link to a Ted talk with Paul. At the 4:40 mark he drops different nuts on the stage. To me, clearly the most responsive is the proprietary nut versus the bone.