Replacement nut recommendations

[thinman]

The A string on my Jazz has always had a tendency to jump out of the nut (towards the E) when played hard with a pick. The string does angle towards the E at the nut.

I can sort of get round it by making sure there's a lot of string on the tuning machine to keep the string more straight but the standard nut is quite shallow and I wonder if a deeper replacement might help.

Any recommendations?

[velvetkevorkian]

Why not file the relevant slot on your current nut? If that doesn't solve it you could then look at replacing it.

[Cat Burrito]

I too wondered if you just had it recut. I have a bone nut on my original P-bass. It's not an expensive modification but chances are your original one just slipped through the quality control & is an easy fix.