Guitar nut materials tone test

Does guitar nut material affect your tone? I compare a brass nut, plastic nut, bone nut and tusq nut to see which gives the best tone. In fairness, your guitar nut tone seems to be greatly increased if you don't use a plastic nut and instead opt for brass, bone or tusq.
What was unexpected is just how much additional sustain is achieved from having a brass nut, although it could be argued that as soon as you fret a string, this s removed from the system so this is somewhat irrelevant.

Surprisingly, a brass guitar nut seems to have more done. So if you're thinking "do brass nuts have better tone" then yes, a little. Well, when compared to a platic nut anyway.

Do bone nuts have more tone? compared to a plastic nut, yes. There are also substitutes for bone which are a vegan alternative such as tusq. A tusq nut sounds just as good as a bone nut so if you're wondering what sounds best, tusq or bone, they're similar enough to not worry. Tusq vs bone can be solved by choosing whatever you can get hold of the easiest, preferably pre-slotted and cut to size.

In summary, a plastic guitar nut sounds the worst but a brass guitar nut, bone guitar nut or tusq guitar nut sounds better, so choose a brass nut, bone nut or tusq nut over a plastic nut for tonal happiness.

What's the best guitar nut? Which guitar nut has the best tone? these can be answered within this video. Listen and let me know what you think. Personally I think Tusq nuts are best because I don't like the look of a brass nut and a tusq nut is easy to buy pre-slotted to all specs.

So which guitar nut is best? or What is the best nut? All of them. Just not plastic. Plastic guitar nuts seem to ruin the tone. And sustain - but that's another video...