Installing A Brass Guitar Nut: Cut From Scratch.

[@rabcn8845]

Just a couple of points - when copying the original nut don't presume it has the correct spacing. Also, rather than trim both ends of the nut when fitted, the nut can be slid over. The waste is trimmed off just the one side before fitting with a final clean up when in place. This gies a better appearance with less chance of marking the finish.

[@stevenedwards4470]

"A pain in the ass" That's an understatement. You did a good job. Nice guitar

[@blkjakk]

Great job. That neck has an awesome grain pattern. Now the only thing left to do idd EVO gold frets & everything will be gold!

[@sleekitwan]

That is a stonking piece of wood. Nudges 'butterscotch' out of the way a bit with the subtle front pattern.

[@donvanco3078]

How does such a nice looking instrument end up with a rounded nut in a flat slot? Little wonder it didn't sound very good. If that's a kit I'd love to know from whom.......

[@bigbasil1908]

Owner : 'Me give you lump of brass. You make into brass nut!' Woodeso : 'Huh?'

[@SLAMSTERDAMN]

Another very informative vid! I'd always wondered about the minutiae of hand machining in a brass nut. I'm putting together a Warmoth (the necks virtually play themselves!), & I'm hoping the Fender YJM brass nut is a drop in & walk. I doubt it, so THX for this vid!

[@luckyrocks1]

I had a 1982 Guild M80 guitar with a brass nut and I loved it! Also loved the Black Shuck rendition at the end! 🎼🤘😆👍🎶

[@LukeA1223]

How often did you see MacGyver whit a hammer? Might I suggest a rawhide hammer and a set of welding tip cleaners (they are tiny round files and work great for nut slotting, not to mention cleaning out your welding tips). I think I'll go out to my tiny shop and make a brass nut for my Ovation Celebrity. Thanks for the vid.

[@starrguitarworks]

Nice work man! I did the same on my '16 Les Paul. Pain in the ass, but great results. Plus, the polished brass looks like a nice piece of jewelry. Cheers!

[@henryhartley9993]

great job Nelson, sweet sounding and great looking tele,

[@Johnny.D]

great looking guitar for a kit. You need to find out from theowner what the brand is. Nut turned out nice.

[@GregsGarage]

That baby looks sweet all polished up. The guitar is a humdinger as well.

[@bluenoteone]

HEY! WHERE CAN I GET A SET OF THOSE FILES???????

[@pskemster]

Quilt top looks stellar!

[@alamosabill201]

Very nice job considering the tricky material to work with.

[@Dreamdancer11]

Nice job....i sprayed mine with laquer for metals after i buffed it so that the air wont oxidize it and has to be polished to a shine every couple of weeks.....Now its shiny and perfect everytime hehe.

[@landonbailey]

turned out really nice!

[@PurposefulPorpoise]

The suffering is palpable in this video. I will never take getting a brass nut installed lightly, thank you sir

[@bryantrockwell5388]

Sweet Homebrew tele! That brass nut, as cool as it is.....must have been a huuugggeee pain in the place where ya sit! For sure!! Looks great though, Not a bad guitar at all, Nelson....your good, your good bud! Hope ya get to feelin' better. Good times, Good video

[@WoodesosGuitarMods]

...and then we cheeched;-)

[@bryantrockwell5388]

STOVEPIPE!!

[@sn95_mustang_garage]

Dude, nice work with the brass. Cool looking Telephone too.

[@roberteasleysr9108]

Beautiful guitar . And great job on its nut !!!

[@blackfender100]

I have several brass nuts on guitars I love them I cut a few myself.

[@greenharvestproductions6743]

Great job did you use any kind of adhesive on the nut please let me know if you get a chance thank you very much Sergeant Velez I have the same guitar seems to play well doesn't have no trouble with the nut but I've been thinking about upgrading it with a brass nut these guitars are pretty good for the price have excellent sound I have many types of guitars all the way from stratocasters telecasters high-end guitars this guitar is a good guitar and you can't beat the price I have a d'angelico 12 string electric guitar and the one corzet at that I have. I purchased it about 7 months ago and I cannot believe the song compared to some higher-end guitars that I have the Chinese are getting better and better and making guitars that's for sure I usually don't buy nothing is not American but I found one on eBay and I said he'll let me take a chance with it it turned out to be that I was a great guitar it is a great guitar. I would like to change the knot to a brass nut axe Master is got some good selection of nuts for this particular guitar thank you very much sincerely yours Master Gunnery Sergeant United States Marine Corps Semper Fidelis

[@loudnproud2704]

What is the tool you are using to file the slots out and where can one be bought? Bye the way great job.

[@dalepal]

Good job cutting the nut. No doubt that brass is much harder to work with than more standard nut materials. The guitar looks really good for a kit guitar.

[@Disco58]

It looks good, period

[@alanporchetti8282]

Nice tool! Where did you get it from?

[@JunkBondTrader]

Fingering. Nuts. G-String. Hehe gotta love all the unintentional guitar innuendo.

[@pskemster]

Found an awesome trick to help you out there. When aligning your nut for height only radius sand it back and forth with some double sided sticky tape. Valhalla instant radius! Love what your doing. Would love to hear a nut made of Stainless Steel!

[@Cleavatr0n]

Are you ever going to make more videos on that tube amp you made from that old radio? Actually, would you be interested in selling it?

[@ChickoGamingCallofDutyHD]

20:10, what is that song you are playing? Great video!

[@unclejack123]

What kind of file set were you using to cut the nut spacing? ....... JRW

[@mttclifford]

It's high time you invest in a Dremel tool, or an arbor grinder. Most of the shaping work could have been done in a couple of passes. also radiused sanding blocks would have eliminated some of the guesswork from the shaping process.

[@jimkendrick6188]

Matthew Clifford Maybe make some jig's, get some power behind it. Half hour,done. ?

[@saleseng]

Nice work! Btw what was that kick ass little riff you were jammin near the very end of the vid? Sounded awesome!

[@electricgeorge5589]

Looking good

[@lect0n7]

Why is there a _Floyd Rose Style_ retainer bar on a garden-variety (no-tremolo at all) telecaster?!?

[@Bairov]

Break angle. No staggered tuners

[@lect0n7]

@@Bairov I appreciate your response, which is certainly based on active knowledge of the relative subject but… _[shaking head no]_ If I run staggered tuning machines, I run *LOCKING* Staggered Tuning Machines…now with a _Floyd Rose_ because of how locking tuning machines don’t have to be wrapped around the tuning peg multiple times, I’m not totally positive whether enough tension would be generated from the strings pulling against the tremolo springs because (and please understand what I mean) proper operation of a Floyd Rose or Floyd Style tremolo system *HEAVILY DEPENDS* on the perfect balance of the tension between the strings pulling against the tremolo springs… I, personally have a Crackle Finished _Jackson/Charvel Predator Custom_ running a Seymour Duncan Dimebucker in the bridge position (with a black _Chromatic Tuner_ pickup ring), a Seymour Duncan Duckbucker Bridge in the middle position & a Seymour Duncan hot stack Bridge pickup in the neck position, I’m running a Schaller SureClaw tremolo claw which allows to easily adjust the tension from the tremolo springs, 3 noiseless tremolo springs, I finally figured out how to make the Floyd rose tremolo work properly & by the time I get it working, mega divebombs & harmonic tremolo tricks became passé at the same time as women wearing big hair & hot pink men’s tank tops…

[@ronkentwellstein6352]

Hi.what do you think about as far as a brass nut or bone,i just got a U.S.A. Fender strat no a cheap one i payed $2200 au as i live in Sydney Australia,the standard strat HSS with the shawbucker humbucker.so far ive only replaced the stagared tunners for fender stagard locking tunners,do you think brass nut gives any more or less sustain,or is it down to looks.ide think if brass used with trem it would thenk the strings would work against the brass nut like a file,

[@kaceyholck1731]

the open note would be much brighter and have more sustain. the saddles play a part in the sustain of fretted notes as so does the frets its self. cheers.

[@matthewshort7904]

Looks like a Warmoth guitar... ?

[@1961jscofield]

Damn, that thing shines like a diamond in a goat's ass, nice job!

[@coloradosguitarstuff]

what saw did you use to cut the nut?

[@Andrews-hd8ow]

Where did you get your nut files please? Those are fabulous

[@michuu8390]

What file are you using

[@paulkielt9301]

A lot of work for MacGyver this time! You know, there are already slotted brass nuts you can buy with even the right size.

[@BOBANDVEG]

I like it. I play metal and rockblues, really picks up the sound

[@popogejo7245]

I'm going back to blanks! I order precuts and they never seem to be measured correctly, and brass always needs work to get it fitted right anyway, so why not match the nut that came off by cutting it miself?

[@whatstrangetimeswerein3087]

Hey, how many hours on that man?

[@CJBlake-rf7mv]

What is the wood tool you used to cut the slot spacing? Is it saw blades or files? Thanks!

[@kenr.b.891]

What type of glue did you use to glue down the bass nut?

[@rickss69]

I'm assuming one of these would outlast the instrument?

[@vladzubac5360]

is that guitar made by robert guilmore? he usually puts necks like that on guitars...

[@soulvaccination8679]

That’s one nice looking guitar

[@smoluk1]

Beautiful work way to go!

[@bryantcrawford214]

I watch you every day. I'm a self taught guitar builder/luthier to and I see in about every one of your videos a roll of blue tape.lol I'm the same damn way.and I flip out when someone gets mine.its funny how so many people do a lot of things the same.keep up the good work buddy and if you ever get the time give Bryant from Tennessee a shout-out .it would make my day.thanks

[@brutalbeetle]

What is the tool you use to cut the slots?

[@calvinneason3059]

that guitar looks sick!

[@reginaldorobson]

Uhu telecaster ! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pXnEmerica]

Nice work, nice guitar :)

[@steppbrooEFT]

why is the owner stringing it with more than it needs to on a set of locking tuners? like...one or two turns

[@BigFatCock0]

Some people just don't understand locking tuners.

[@cgavin1]

Some people just don't understand

[@tomkirk6942]

Damn dude, nice job!

[@ashscott6068]

That string tree is triggering me. It looks home made. It's HUGE! And it overhangs way too much...especially on the bass side. I'd have thought, if that were part of thkit, it would have been pre drilled and cut somewhat accurately

[@electricgeorge5589]

What is your opinion on those brass nuts

[@Disco58]

Sometimes it takes a big pair to get things done....

[@jadedsoul1]

U need a bag to sort out your running nose Which is like on all your videos. Dude the nut is a tad high. I have mine about 2 hairs of ov the first fret.. Very nice Tele btw. I like teles coz Wilko Johnson played one. U did a mega Job on the polish

[@adam5744]

he should of bought a pre slotted nut

[@janedoe3570]

it looks like a Warmoth guitar

[@BRRRwm]

yea you friggin did!

[@bernhardnizynski4403]

In my opinion, that brass string tree has spoiled a beautiful looking guitar - makes it look very cheap! BTW, you did a great job in cutting and finishing the new nut!

[@attilathehun0]

I never got that lucky to just pull a nut out of a guitar especially Fender Style.

[@remithebeau1706]

does it sound better with the brass nut?

[@quintinolix1035]

it'll probably only make a difference when the strings are played open

[@madsthomsen5842]

Nice tele, but that string retainer looks awful. Keep up the good work Nelson !

[@fredpenjowski9848]

Brass nuts are to soft, ask Gibson how many they had to replace on the 2015 models.

[@KaptainCanuck]

Sorry to burst your bubble but, technically, those are not frets but are called fret wires officially no matter what the general public decides that they want to ignorantly call them. Putting the radius on the nut is just extra work that is not required.

[@MarkJohnsonJams]

Looks like a Tony McKenzie Tele

[@WoodesosGuitarMods]

Good call eh... it's totally something he'd have!

[@FelixIsMyName]

I'll have to drop him a message as this is right up his street!

[@paulpugh5315]

I was hovering over the "lets get the fcuk out" but i stuck with it till the end....your NOT a metalworker bro,but you persevered even with your bad head cold....time for a drop of schotch maybe....👍

[@smug8567]

I've never tried hazelnuts before

[@phililpb]

you should have changed the tuners

[@nobbynose4254]

cool

[@TTSetters]

100 years later......I can even imagine the pain in the ass to file and round down a brass nut. I'd go apeshit and want to break ALL the things.

[@charvelgtrs]

I mean, it just seems so obvious that the nut material should have similar sonic qualities for open notes as fretted notes.

[@mikebob7184]

Hi Nelson, Get back on youtube....!!!

[@dronephotographyireland]

Such a cranky man ,,,

[@jackrussellbruce7565]

Black Shuck!

[@ronkentwellstein6352]

Like your videos. But you really need a box of tissues. Nothing more annoying than hearing that sound every 1minute

[@ASSman864]

Blowing your nose is actually counter intuitive

[@CaptDan-zk4tt]

The hammer made me CRINGE!

[@phililpb]

too much sniffing

[@blackie75]

good vid until the 'playing' lol