When you get your bass pleked, you should install one of these:

JLS · #1 07-10-2011, 12:58 PM

SLOTTED BRASS NUT SBC Concept Bass Guitar Fender Jazz | eBay

(Smirk)

electracoyote · #2 07-10-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JLS

SLOTTED BRASS NUT SBC Concept Bass Guitar Fender Jazz | eBay

(Smirk)

Well, I dig a brass nut sometimes, but the principle of this nut is a little confusing to me.

Especially this part of the description:

"if you keep the sonic energy of the low E from interfering with the sonic energy of the A right next door, then each will simply sound better."

I suppose if I played my E and A strings simultaneously alot, there might be some truth to that. But as a single note, typical bass player, they are rarely resonating at the same time.

I don't get it. Someone tell me if I'm missing something here.

Rockin Mike · #3 07-10-2011, 01:06 PM

Have you tried it? Some things are just gimmicks, I wouldn't trust it unless it has a lot of satisfied users like the Plek process.

(smirkless)

walterw · #4 07-10-2011, 01:18 PM

i like how the "theory" comes from an "idea", which comes from a "school of thought";

i also like how the "testimonials" consisted of generic ebay feedback blurbs like "quick shipping!" or "item in good condition!"

frankly, i think the whole "crosstalk" idea, and those weird individual bass bridges designed to "reduce" it, is bogus anyway; bass usually consists of one note at a time, and as a player with any kind of technique, when you play one string, you automatically mute the others.

what "crosstalk" is even happening?

octaverazor · #5 07-10-2011, 01:21 PM

16.00 dollars seems like a minimal gamble.

walterw · #6 07-10-2011, 01:27 PM

pre-slotted nuts are always a gamble.

the right way is to get a blank and have it slotted properly to fit your bass.

calebbarton · #7 07-10-2011, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by walterw

pre-slotted nuts are always a gamble.

the right way is to get a blank and have it slotted properly to fit your bass.

We have a winner here, folks.

faust23 · #8 07-10-2011, 01:36 PM

I just found these on ebay 5 minutes ago!! anyone have experience with one?

walterw · #9 07-10-2011, 02:50 PM

i like brass nuts on my electrics; they seem to add a tiny bit of "zing" to the open strings, and maybe a tiny bit more sustain. hasn't occurred to me to put one on my bass, though.

that ebay company also makes the same thing without the silly slots sawed into it, for a little less money. i'm sure it's fine, as long as the spacing and dimensions are close enough that it can be fitted and final-slotted properly.

JLS · #10 07-10-2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by walterw

pre-slotted nuts are always a gamble.

the right way is to get a blank and have it slotted properly to fit your bass.

Yup.

I posted the link, because of the absurdity of it all. Right up there
with Extra Super Duper (And Very Expensive!) Bass Cables...

At least they aren't charging $75 for them.

Spectrum · #11 07-10-2011, 06:31 PM

What you really want is a pair of brass nuts.

PDGood · #12 07-10-2011, 06:42 PM

Strings do tend to cause sympathetic vibrations in each other. When you play an A on the D string, it can excite the open A string. I'm sure everyone here has had to mute a string or two that was vibrating unexpectedly.
Having said that, I'm not sure this is the answer. And it would be hard to test. Who's going to say - "I think I'm muting cross-vibrating strings less now that I have this special nut"?

walterw · #13 07-10-2011, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by PDGood

Strings do tend to cause sympathetic vibrations in each other. When you play an A on the D string, it can excite the open A string. I'm sure everyone here has had to mute a string or two that was vibrating unexpectedly.

that's basic beginner-level technique, not letting the unused strings ring out while you're playing.

this is a (probably bogus) mechanical solution for a problem best solved with a little playing practice.

Floyd Eye · #14 07-10-2011, 07:24 PM

And waste all those years I spent honing my muting techniques, I think not.

walterw · #15 07-10-2011, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JLS

When you get your bass pleked, you should install one of these:

(Smirk)

wait, this isn't a disguised dig at plek, is it?

because that is a legit process with real, repeatable results.

mongo2 · #16 07-11-2011, 04:07 AM

It looks to me like the individual sections are still connected.

allexcosta · #17 07-11-2011, 05:51 AM

Oh, boy... Another useless gadget...

john grey · #18 07-11-2011, 08:43 AM

IF you're going to replace the nut anyway: try it. I put in a few brass ones. I like them because they don't cut as quick as bone or plastic (or wood) so the adjustments can be made with less hesitancy about whether you're getting "one shave too deep". I personally like them. But then I've also seen them for $9.

JLS · #19 07-11-2011, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by walterw

wait, this isn't a disguised dig at plek, is it?

because that is a legit process with real, repeatable results.

More of a dig at folks who think that plek is the be-all, end-all...seems like they might go for this goofiness.

CAVEAT: this company, axemasters, on ebay, has some good luthierie tools, at very fair prices.

And, at the other end of the bass:I just looked up 2tek, who I'd thought were out of business; they seem to be producing bridges again.

2TEK® LLC, Bass Products,

bassmonkeee · #20 07-11-2011, 09:05 AM

It's not a very good one, though.