Broke my nut! Ouch! How much?

One More Solo · 3 Jan 2007 at 10:19

I've broken the nut on my Epi SG (the bit to the left on the low E has snapped). Still playable but obviously needs a new one, how much do you reckon to get it replaced? Don't feel up to it myself.

riddlermarc · 3 Jan 2007 at 11:15

A cursory glance around the interweb shows it shouldn't be too much, check this page out: http://www.repairworkshop.co.uk/guitar_repairs_menu.htm

SidewinderINC · 3 Jan 2007 at 11:53

depends what material you want it made out of

there are so many, i just plumped for a slippery nut at about £4 i think.

Indie · 3 Jan 2007 at 14:45

i normally take my geetar/bass to a shop, wave at at the clever man with tools, and say, ''needs a new nut!''

this normally does the trick for just under 10 notes

i dont mind paying extra cos i like to keep the local music shops open

Ascendancy · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:33

I can't really see it costing that much to replace it. I'd harbor a guess at no more than £15 including labor.

Northwind · 4 Jan 2007 at 00:59

I'd've charged £30 with a basic setup to go with it... Some places (unit shifters mainly) will fit a nut for, well, peanuts but don't expect a first class job, you get what you paid for.

SidewinderINC · 4 Jan 2007 at 01:00

Northwind said:
I'd've charged £30 with a basic setup to go with it... Some places (unit shifters mainly) will fit a nut for, well, peanuts but don't expect a first class job, you get what you paid for.

i sure hope thats including the nut!

Northwind · 5 Jan 2007 at 01:53

Depends what sort of nut

SidewinderINC · 5 Jan 2007 at 11:32

Northwind said:
Depends what sort of nut

if it was a pre-slotted GraphTech Slippery nut (probably the best price

erformance) which costs £5 then charging £30 would probably be the average for a shop to do it but changing a nut takes about 10 minutes, infact it takes the same amount of time it does to change a set of strings!

but i usually check intonation, ive replaced 2

i charge £20 including nut.

if you were doing a Bone nut, that also needs to be slotted i'd charge about £40 as slotting is a lot of effort.

Northwind · 5 Jan 2007 at 22:43

I never met a precut nut I was happy to just fit, always ended up recutting at least one slot... But the Graphtech ones are damn good, never had access to them in the old days but I did one for my brother's Les Paul a while back and it probably only needed work because of his ridiculous coathanger strings :rolleyes:

Works well too... I reckon just about anyone could fit one... But then, the same went for most of the work we got, so maybe I shouldn't say that