How do you guys lubricate your brass nut?

[MalmsteenLover666]

Just got a YJM Strat, and I'm unsure how often I have to lubricate the nut, and with what material. Is graphite still the best option? I'm using the OEM strings and string gauge. I tried searching online, and couldn't get a direct answer.

Thanks

 

[CalicoSkies]

 

[MalmsteenLover666]

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[Believer7713]

I have only tried graphite a couple of times and it was stupidly messy IME. even when mixed with petroleum jelly. I have found that the absolute best nut lube is a properly cut nut. Done right it will not need any lube. on the ones that I work on that they don't want messed with I use a tiny shot of DuPont Multi-Use lubricant on the end of a toothpick and rubbed into the slots. Multi-Use lubricant is a dry Teflon spray that uses a liquid propellant. Once it dries, it will be clear, stays slick for just about ever and will also help to keep it clean.

 

[MalmsteenLover666]

I have only tried graphite a couple of times and it was stupidly messy IME. even when mixed with petroleum jelly. I have found that the absolute best nut lube is a properly cut nut. Done right it will not need any lube. on the ones that I work on that they don't want messed with I use a tiny shot of DuPont Multi-Use lubricant on the end of a toothpick and rubbed into the slots. Multi-Use lubricant is a dry Teflon spray that uses a liquid propellant. Once it dries, it will be clear, stays slick for just about ever and will also help to keep it clean.

The brass nut on this guitar is cut for the exact string and string gauge I'm using. So, in your opinion, I shouldn't bother with lubricant for this nut? Its my first time owning a brass nut guitar

 

[simoncroft]

I've had a brass nut on my partsocaster for years. Never lubed it and never had any tuning problems, even if I go a little crazy with the bar.

 

[Believer7713]

The brass nut on this guitar is cut for the exact string and string gauge I'm using. So, in your opinion, I shouldn't bother with lubricant for this nut? Its my first time owning a brass nut guitar

As long as you aren't getting any tuning issues with it when you use the wangdooley then I would recommend leaving it alone.

Edit: Like @simoncroft, I have had two and never lubed them at all. Never had any issues either.

 

[MalmsteenLover666]

As long as you aren't getting any tuning issues with it when you use the wangdooley then I would recommend leaving it alone.

Edit: Like @simoncroft, I have had two and never lubed them at all. Never had any issues either.

Thanks homie

 

[Baelzebub]

The brass nut on this guitar is cut for the exact string and string gauge I'm using. So, in your opinion, I shouldn't bother with lubricant for this nut? Its my first time owning a brass nut guitar

THIS.

I had a guitar with a brass nut for 45 years. Never lubricated it once. Suppose you could use graphite if you wanted.

 

[AngelDeVille]

Never lubed a nut or a saddle ever.

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[Jimbo99]

This stuff looks like white lithium grease ? Never really used it. What I'm finding with any nut lubricants, they're really only as good as the strings for lasting anyway on a hard piece of steel. You'd be constantly applying anything unless there was some way of an automated self lubricating strip for the nut. And even that would need to be replaced as it wore out ? Remember those old 1980's Gillette twin blade razors that had the lubricating strips ? Those strips would eventually fall apart, bit the blades were dull by then.

Super Glide 101 - Super-Vee™

Super Glide Nut Lubricant

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[El Gobernador]

Properly cut nuts of any composition need no lube.

 

[mexicaster]

I use the old tried and true Fezzter method on brass, bone or anything else.

Chapstick

Keep it with me at all times.

 

[Quikstyl]

Just got a YJM Strat, and I'm unsure how often I have to lubricate the nut, and with what material. Is graphite still the best option? I'm using the OEM strings and string gauge. I tried searching online, and couldn't get a direct answer.

Thanks

Take it to dinner and a movie.

 

[StratoMutt]

A tiny bit of pencil graphite cannot hurt anything.

 

[StratUp]

A tiny bit of pencil graphite cannot hurt anything.

I always use a little. If you have a .3mm and a .5mm mechanical pencil (the cheap plastic ones are fine) you can do all the slots neatly in just few seconds.

 

[StratoMutt]

I always use a little. If you have a .3mm and a .5mm mechanical pencil (the cheap plastic ones are fine) you can do all the slots neatly in just few seconds.

I have the .5mm. Works for all six slots.

 

[CirroStratus]

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Oh man, and here I thought maybe I’d play it cool for a change. Thanks for picking up the slack!

 

[El Gobernador]

I use the old tried and true Fezzter method on brass, bone or anything else.

Chapstick

Keep it with me at all times.

James Burton told me about that one. LoL

 

[revtime]

All the important back and forth motions need lube. I use nut sauce for nuts. WD40 for lotsa things and special lube for those special moments.