Nut Replacement on a Lakland 44-02?

wkgmusician · #1 03-12-2008, 10:26 PM

I all of the sudden have a weird buzz on my D string. I had a set-up done on my bass a few months ago, and it was a little lower than I had expected. I'm about to take it in for a "correction", but am also wondering if now is the time to upgrade the nut, as the stock one is plastic.

Anyone have recommendations on a replacement nut (materials etc) assuming that it's needed?

g4string · #2 03-13-2008, 09:17 AM

USA Laklands use a bone nut. If I was you I would go with bone instead of plastic.

Turnaround · #3 03-13-2008, 04:43 PM

I am not a fan of the material used for the nuts on the Lakland Skylines. I have a 5501 myself and have replaced the nut with one made of bone.

That said, there's nothing particularly wrong with the stock nut - you could leave it alone and it would perform fine. But if it comes time to do some nut work, you might consider replacing it then.

kyral210 · #4 03-15-2008, 07:15 PM

ALlot of it is personal taste, but I love Graph Tech nuts and saddles. I installed a Graph Tech nut on my Shecter C-5 and now the tuning stability is to die for!

wkgmusician · #5 03-16-2008, 11:14 AM

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!