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Roller nut with bigsby?

axisusaxisus Frets: 28347
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I have a Bigsby to stick on to my current Tele build, and it just occurred to me that I have a spare roller nut buried somewhere. Would it be worth putting on to improve tuning stability? If no big difference then I probably won't bother as I'd prefer a more trad look on the whole.


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  • Andyjr1515Andyjr1515 Frets: 3128
    axisus said:
    I have a Bigsby to stick on to my current Tele build, and it just occurred to me that I have a spare roller nut buried somewhere. Would it be worth putting on to improve tuning stability? If no big difference then I probably won't bother as I'd prefer a more trad look on the whole.


    Very much so, in my own limited experience.  For my LP Epiphone, the roller bridge made the difference between pretty much unusable with my light-ish strings (10-46) to completely giggable and usable. 
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  • hobbiohobbio Frets: 3440

    I played an Ibby Artcore with a Bigsby and roller nut last weekend and it worked perfectly. Really nice action. 

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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72758
    No big difference compared to a well-cut and lubricated standard nut, especially if you have locking machineheads. The string pull is pretty straight on a Tele so they don't tend to bind in the nut too much.

    A roller bridge makes a bigger difference because the string movement is larger there.

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  • Andyjr1515Andyjr1515 Frets: 3128
    Andyjr1515 said:
    axisus said:
    I have a Bigsby to stick on to my current Tele build, and it just occurred to me that I have a spare roller nut buried somewhere. Would it be worth putting on to improve tuning stability? If no big difference then I probably won't bother as I'd prefer a more trad look on the whole.


    Very much so, in my own limited experience.  For my LP Epiphone, the roller bridge made the difference between pretty much unusable with my light-ish strings (10-46) to completely giggable and usable. 

    :))   Well - I am indeed a nut...

    I'm talking about the bridge!

    I agree with @ICBM - don't think a roller nut makes a heap of difference.  Certainly not compared with a bridge!


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  • hobbiohobbio Frets: 3440

    Holy shit, I was talking about a roller bridge too!

    I really must read things properly next time :D

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