Looking For Bigger Hard Nuts! (Oh Err Missus!).

[PlungerModerno]

Hello!

I have a bass that has a black plastic nut. It's cut fairly well - no intonation, tuning, or playability issues. Problem is it's not as neat as I'd like - and the string spacing is slightly wide like 1 mm more than I'd like - the neck has a very pronounced roundover and the string spacing could use a subtle tweak. What I'd like is a high mass one (partly as an experiment for working with the medium, but also in the hope of increasing open note sustain a little). Saw this vid a while back and it made a good impression:
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxkN1RzRQqE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxkN1RzRQqE[/url]

Ideally I want one of these:
[url="http://www.warmoth.com/Fender-Style-Nut-Blank-Flat-Bottom-Nickel-P296C221.aspx"]http://www.warmoth.com/Fender-Style-Nut-Blank-Flat-Bottom-Nickel-P296C221.aspx[/url]

In this size:
[url="http://www.warmoth.com/Gibson-Style-Nut-Blank-Brass-P297C221.aspx"]http://www.warmoth.com/Gibson-Style-Nut-Blank-Brass-P297C221.aspx[/url]

- It's for an Ibanez bass with a 3/8 inch thick nut (1-3/4 wide, little over 1/4 of an inch tall). For us metric heads that's 9.5 x 44.5 x 6.4 mm approx. Obviously bigger can be machined / filed down whereas smaller is a bit useless.

Anybody know where I can get something like this? I'm going to send a message into warmoth and keep looking but if anyone can come up with the goods that'd be super!

[PlungerModerno]

Quick update: No joy with Warmoth - no custom metalworking available, at least as far as nickel silver nut blanks are concerned.

I may just get a fender width one (1/8" thick, as linked above) and put an EIR (East Indian Rosewood, like the fingerboard apparently is) backing strip to take up the other 2/8".
Would make it a lot easier to shape. Still I'll keep looking. Not in a mad rush as it plays just fine

[KiOgon]

Brass Bar 3/8" x 1/4" in 100mm length for £4.99 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Metal-Brass-Round-Square-Flat-Bar-Rod-Wire-Angle-Tube-100mm-to-600mm-long/322167152527?_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226&_trkparms=aid%3D555014%26algo%3DPL.DEFAULT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D36886%26meid%3D76586b9b4dda460f9015d6259ca7f317%26pid%3D100505%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26

Can't find Nickel though

[PlungerModerno]

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1467207687' post='3081926']
Brass Bar 3/8" x 1/4" in 100mm length for £4.99 - [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Metal-Brass-Round-Square-Flat-Bar-Rod-Wire-Angle-Tube-100mm-to-600mm-long/322167152527?_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226&_trkparms=aid%3D555014%26algo%3DPL.DEFAULT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D36886%26meid%3D76586b9b4dda460f9015d6259ca7f317%26pid%3D100505%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26"]http://www.ebay.co.u...D1%26rkt%3D1%26[/url]

Can't find Nickel though
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+1 - I can't find it either. It seems most nickel silver is sold as a thin wire for jewelers and a thin plate as an anti-corrosion material. I hope I don't have to buy a whole lot to get what I'm after.
I'll have to contact a few people / businesses. Both metalworking, jewelers, and luthiery suppliers. even if they can't sell me a nut blank - they may point me in the right direction - especially if I ask while I'm making some sort of purchase. Most businesses will go a lot farther for you when you're a paying customer as opposed to generic stranger!

EDIT: For those who want the look of a chrome nut with the workability of brass:[url="http://www.ebay.ie/itm/BN-EM6045-C-Brass-Slotted-Polished-Chrome-5-String-Guitar-Bass-Nut-/331871558584?hash=item4d45161bb8"]http://www.ebay.ie/itm/BN-EM6045-C-Brass-Slotted-Polished-Chrome-5-String-Guitar-Bass-Nut-/331871558584?hash=item4d45161bb8[/url]
They also sell a 4 string version.

Edited June 29, 2016 by PlungerModerno

[Happy Jack]

Biggest hard nut? No problem.

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