Silver Sky with a Brass Nut?

[JerryGarcia'sMiddleFinger]

Hello All,
I am very close to pulling the trigger on a PRS Silver Sky John Mayer Signature. One upgrade I'm already planning on making, is switching out the factory nut with a brass one (Jerry Garcia had brass nuts on most if not all of his guitars) . I did this to my Mexican Strat and I personally found that it improved the sound/tone of the instrument. I'm not necessarily trying to get that Jerry tone out of a Silver Sky but I think it could potentially be a unique upgrade overall to make. Does anyone have any insight they could provide on replacing stock PRS nuts? Should I avoid doing this or is it worth giving it a try? I don't want to potentially screw up a brand new instrument so I thought I would ask in here before I think about doing it.

 

[alantig]

As long as your can reverse it, why not? You may love it, you may hate it, but at least you’ll know.

 

[Rider1260]

I used to do it to many of my Strats.
You won't need for tuning , but it might be fun to try.

 

[dmatthews]

As long as your can reverse it, why not? You may love it, you may hate it, but at least you’ll know.

I heard Lance got an extra brass one...

 

[DISTORT6]

I heard Lance got an extra brass one...

I thought it was one of those ben wa chime types

 

[aphantomvaper]

I've done this on a S2 594 and SE PG for the same reason...Jerry did it, man! It just didn't feel right.

In the end I reverted back to the PRS nut. I still have the brass ones and will try again on a diff guitar prob. Now you have me thinking I should try it on my SE SS...I already put a Blaster on it due to reading about PRSh doing that on one of the first guitars he made.

I have a Further with a Brass nut and that is stellar!

Thanks for lighting the fire on that thought, OP.

 

[alantig]

I heard Lance got an extra brass one...

He's actually had two. The first was from a brass monkey, but he was constantly chilly, so it had to be replaced.

 

[aphantomvaper]

He's actually had two. The first was from a brass monkey, but he was constantly chilly, so it had to be replaced.

Shrinkage?

 

[DISTORT6]

He's actually had two. The first was from a brass monkey, but he was constantly chilly, so it had to be replaced.