Plastic Strat Nuts - Why, Fender, why?
Plastic Strat nuts officially suck. I was putting in some practice time for the country band last night (about 2 hours, the most I've had in a LONG time), and noticed that my G string has worn down in the nut slot almost to the fretboard. The guitar is a year old or so. I guess I'm doing too many bends, trying to approximate a steel guitar.:
By contrast, my ESP was built in 1994 and has the same problem, but it took over 10 years to develop with the graphite nut. I guess I got spoiled with my other Floyd equipped guitars, as they have the metal locking nut.
I also noticed considerable fret wear as well... Does Fender use a softer compound for their frets? There's still plenty of material there to do a recrown, but I didn't think I'd have to do it so soon.
Anyway, now that I have two guitars to fix, I guess I'll do a search here for the repair, since I've never replaced a nut before and don't want to screw it up.
Any extra hints and advice would be appreciated!
Guitars:
Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40