Anyone have any experience with this:
https://www.stringsbymail.com/planet...k-01-7798.html
I use pencil lead at the nut, which is unsightly, and parafin at the bridge. But if this works, it could do both jobs.
Anyone have any experience with this:
https://www.stringsbymail.com/planet...k-01-7798.html
I use pencil lead at the nut, which is unsightly, and parafin at the bridge. But if this works, it could do both jobs.
I'm a fan of Big Bend's. This looks very similar.
+1 for Big Bends Nut Sauce. I tried it because I thought the name was funny, but it seems to work really well.
I'd be very curious to learn what it contains. Pure mineral oil can be bought at a fraction of the price, and since that is what is used in Fast Fret, I would imagine it works just as well as a nut or bridge lubricant.
i use graphite for the bridge. For nut slots, Triflow, the same product described here (note, there's multiple products and some don't work) http://www.lutherie.net/tuner.maintenance.html
It's kind of hard to find, except for bike shops. Lowe's and Home depot sell a teflon based lube, "Dupont teflon multi-use" which seems to work as well.
and use a .010 string to put only a tiny quantity into the slot.
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Nut sauce works for me.
I am not sure what oil would do, since it tends to creep away along the strings. But nut sauce stays put.
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another +1 for the Nut Sauce, but I wish it was less expensive. I also wonder what's in it, and look for any advice on a more affordable alternative source for the same or similar substance. Seems to be a gelatin consistency.
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A'addario Lubrikit smells like petroleum jelly. If that is what it is, it seems expensive for that. It's got a syringe and some little applicators.
Any old number 2 pencil will put a nice coat of graphite on your nut really cheaply. I sharpen to a flat point and it will go into the E string slot easily, a little back and forth until it is black and there you go. These days I don't do anything as I put a graphite nut from tusq on, not sure if it is any better than a good bone nut, but it works with no fuss.
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I'm with pops1. Graphite works just fine. I happen to use a mechanical drafting pencil with a thin lead because I can retract the lead but I have used a plain old pencil on many occasions and it works just fine...and it's cheaper.
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I had a chemist friend analyse one of these 'nut lubricants' a few years ago and she reported back that it was a synthetic grease with PTFE. Apparently the same thing as used in cycling.... whether that is true of all of them, I have no idea.... I do know I have since purchased a tube of the bicycle stuff and it seems to do the job! A lifetimes supply, in fact for under $10.
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When I state that $40 is too much for a pick that I'm going to lose ( I lose all my picks, it's just a matter of time) I'm told be more careful and anyway $40 is nothing compared to what we pay for our mandolins. Yet now we have a thread on how to save a few bucks on nut lubricant. Go figure. LOL
I use a graphite pencil. If I thought the other stuff was better, I might use it but the graphite has always worked and "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
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I'm waiting for Blue Chip to come out with nut blanks so we could have endless threads about the value of a $100 nut.
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