Blue Chip nut

[Br1ck]

Whatever they would cost,the BC nut would never ever be worth it, despite the hundreds of rave reviews.

[Marty Jacobson]

OK, let me see. Normal pick costs about $0.35, Blue Chip costs $35. Normal nut costs about $60, fitted and setup. So I should be able to charge $6,000 for a polyimide nut, and the materials will cost me less than $100. Sounds like I am open for business. Come 'n' get it!

Actually, I think I will do one of these on my next mandolin, just to be ridiculous.

[Jeff Mando]

Actually, I think I will do one of these on my next mandolin, just to be ridiculous.

Marty, correct me if I am wrong, but if you are using a zero fret, the zero fret (metal) is the actual nut that the open strings ring off of, right? And the nut really just serves as a string spacing device, so the material should be of little importance, correct?

[Ivan Kelsall]

From Marty Jacobson - " Normal nut costs about $60,...". Hell fire, you say !!!. What type of material is that Marty ?. It's one dickens of a price !. I can buy a bone nut blank for £3.50 UK ($4.30 US). I assume that yours must be Micarta / Tusq or similar ?,
Ivan

[pheffernan]

From Marty Jacobson - " Normal nut costs about $60,...". Hell fire, you say !!!. What type of material is that Marty ?. It's one dickens of a price !. I can buy a bone nut blank for £3.50 UK ($4.30 US). I assume that yours must be Micarta / Tusq or similar ?

You omitted the portion of Marty's post that read "fitted and setup," which probably accounts for the price difference.

[Ron McMillan]

After the nut from BC (only really uncool people use 8 letters when 2 do nicely) gains must-have status, I look forward to the sound of generalised anguish and tearing out of hair when Chris Thile is spotted using a new nut made from Wegen plectrum material.

[Bertram Henze]

Yet another approach to changing the player's perception so he can endure his own playing.

[Marty Jacobson]

Marty, correct me if I am wrong, but if you are using a zero fret, the zero fret (metal) is the actual nut that the open strings ring off of, right? And the nut really just serves as a string spacing device, so the material should be of little importance, correct?

Hence why it's so ridiculous. :-)

[Caleb]

I'm crazy about these.

Now all we need is some Blue Chip Dip and we're all set.

[Ivan Kelsall]

From pheffernan - "You omitted the portion of Marty's post that read "fitted and setup," which probably accounts for the price difference. " . Yep !!,
Ivan

[Paul Busman]

I've only played one Blue Chip, from the pick tour. My recollection is that it had a certain small amount of "give" to the surface when tested with my fingernail. It didn't totally resist nail pressure like, say glass or even some pick materials like the Dunlop Primetones.
If that's correct, wouldn't that transmit less vibration from the strings to the neck?