Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL PU-6520-00 Nut

I got by for years using an old Jackson Dinky with a locking tremolo that I had no interest in using, so I just left off the nut locking pieces, did a half ass job of blocking the tremolo with some wood, and just used it, but man it sucked in terms of staying in tune! I liked a lot of things about the guitar but that was driving me mad to the point of being ready to abandon it.

I realised how much I liked it though so decided to have one more go at sorting it out- learned how to set up the bridge properly, and did a proper (better anyway) job blocking it with some metal brackets. Still though the metal nut sucked. I thought I'd have to go to a luthier to get something to replace it made up, but then stumbled across this piece of wizardry.

It's amazing. It's like a new guitar, wish Id done this years ago! Can now take a beating and stay in tune. The way it forms a funnel for the string, wide towards headstock and narrow towards the neck works great to tame strings to sit properly on a guitar with a silly headstock like the reversed hockey stick on mine. And it resonates like crazy too. They advertise that it does that but I was still surprised by how much. I had to tape the tremolo springs to stop them buzzing which had never happened before.

If you are using with a reverse hocky stick headstock I recommend drilling through and using screws to fix it like you would a metal locking nut. You can drill through this material no problem and the strength of glue you would need to stop the e string pulling the nut upwards on a reverse hockey guitar is probably not advisable for a nut - you might want to take it off again at some point.

Man entschuldige den "emotionalen" Ausbruch in der Überschrift. Bei mir in der Band heißen Floyd Rose Systeme nur "Freudlos", da sie nach Benutzung (und Einstellung) oft wenig Freude bereiten. Das Teil hier, die Unlock Nut, habe ich auf eine Ibanez RG mit Edge Pro System installiert. Das Edge pro ist eh permanent lahmgelegt (geblockt) und die Locking Nuts braucht keiner. Warum schreibe ich so viel um den heißen Brei? Na weil's zu dieser Nut wenig zu sagen gibt. Kaufen, bisschen anschleifen, Kleben (2 Tropfen Sekundenkleber) und einfach glücklich sein.

Ist der Preis zu hoch? Gute Frage. Wie viel sind Euch Eure Nerven wert?