Q&A

TOTALLY NUTS...

I’m about to have the top nut replaced on my Fender Telecaster. The folded-up card in the slots just ain’t cutting it any more. This seems like the perfect opportunity to ask you about top-nut material. The old one was plastic, I think. I was thinking of upgrading to bone, but is that the best option? I read that brass was good, but then there’s modern slippery stuff like Tusq to consider. What do you reckon?

Rob Send, via email

Brass is something everyone was doing in the sustain-obsessed 70s, including Yamaha. We’d give that option a miss. There’s something about metal grinding against metal that we find disconcerting. A well-cut bone nut