I would expect that to add to costs. But dang, how much to switch from plastic to bone, or nylon? Mere dollars per guitar, and it makes a huge difference in the long run.HP models are fantastic. The carved neck heel makes a huge difference when playing high up the neck. That’s the one thing I always hated about my other LP. I wanted a double cut just because of that issue, but with the HP it doesn’t bother me near as much. The titanium nut is also a major improvement, who wants to have to ‘craft’ a new nut if something isn’t right? Just adjust it, genius.
Funny that. I just got (like two days ago) a new Wildwood 50's Standard and I'm changing the wiring to actually be 50's style. I loved that change when I did it a couple of months ago to my Epi (a new 60's) .Stopped utilizing 50s wiring and went back to modern wiring.
I've done the 50s wiring thing for the past 10-11 years. It works well when I'm chasing other tones, like say, Page. But I struggle with getting jbash's toneFunny that. I just got (like two days ago) a new Wildwood 50's Standard and I'm changing the wiring to actually be 50's style. I loved that change when I did it a couple of months ago to my Epi (a new 60's) .
Mine’s a 2012. By 2015, no amount of graphite could lube that shitty (cheap) corian nut. I got an excellent local tech to switch to bone, and under normal conditions, this baby stays in tune, only needing the slightest adjustments over an entire gig or rehearsal.Okay, so regarding the nut. As far as I knew the current lineup is not using corian, but GraphTech nuts. I have seen them being called Tusq XL, but never officially. I know GraphTech is a company and they use all sorts of different materials for nuts. For instance, nubone, which is being used on the Epiphone inpired by Gibson lineup. As far as I know, GraphTech doesn't make corian nuts, but I could be wrong. I know that Gibson used corian in the past and continues to use in some specific models, I think some acoustic guitars and some custom shops, like the Les Paul Custom Ebony (both reissues in the current lineup use nylon, though). When you guys are talking about replacing the corian nuts, are you talking about previous models? Prior to Tektoid?
LOVE their strings- Great sound and feel, but they really tore up frets in my guitars. They use a very hard alloy. I stopped using them after a year or so.Smallest change that makes the biggest difference is Rotosound strings.
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Thanks for the clarification. And yes I totally agree, corian is possibly one of the worst nut materials out there.You’d have to make a nut out of avocado to get a worse material than corian.Mine’s a 2012. By 2015, no amount of graphite could lube that shitty (cheap) corian nut. I got an excellent local tech to switch to bone, and under normal conditions, this baby stays in tune, only needing the slightest adjustments over an entire gig or rehearsal.