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Guitarist
2025-08-15 11:15:09
A TUSQXL nut and string trees is hands down the best upgrade for your guitar, while also being one of the cheapest! Even moreso if you have a trem equipped guitar! Tuning stability is night and day. Pair this with Big Bends Nut Sauce, or your string lube of choice and you will be staying in near perfect tune even with the most aggressive trem useage!
Conor
2025-08-10 21:02:30
Bought two of this exact kit. Installed on a 1998 Fender MIM Deluxe Series strat, and a 2018 Fender 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster Classic. Both of these guitars came with a plastic nut and a stamped string tree. The Strat is setup with a floating bridge Jeff Beck style. The Jazzmaster has a Mastery Bridge and Vibrato. Using the instructions for graphtech install I was able to quickly setup the guitars nuts and nail the heights. Using feeler gauges with capo on 3rd to set the height. I can now flutter, divebomb and trem action all I want with nearly zero tuning instability. It's not going to be solid like a floyd, but I can get through a set of 10 songs without having to touch the tuners once while using the trem bar. Seriously, these nut and tree combos turned an already sweet set of guitars into a performance ready gigging duo. Fender please take note, you should be using these on new guitars. I will never leave a nut stock again unless it's a graphtech.
Peepkin
2025-07-12 13:12:49
I recently bought this for my squier bullet mustang and lemme say, it makes a big difference. I just bought these with cheap locking tuners so instantly, it made quite a good combo with them. The stock nut and trees were fine but they weren’t as good. BUT THESE TAKE IT TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL. If you’re planning to buy this, I recommend planning a way to swap out the nut particularly because it was quite tricky to replace it. Tools:1. Grit paper (mainly 200-60 grit)2. Wood glue3. A block of wood (big or smol)4. X-acto knife5. A mind with a average adult (because this might be hard/difficult to install)If you’re not prepared, I’d recommend giving it to a luthier to do it for you. BUT ALL TOGETHER, for the price of these, they are really good and definitely feel 10X better than the stock ones :)
Frank Agado
2025-06-26 18:07:27
Installed on a Squire Strat only required minimal sanding on the bottom and sides to fit. The String alignment was spot on and a set of 10s fit no sanding needed.
jah6575
2025-06-19 19:19:56
Great product. It was relatively easy to install. In reality the biggest install issue wasn’t related to this kit itself, but removing the original plastic nut. I installed on a Fender Squier Affinity to replace the original nut since I was already going to have the strings off. However, the lacquer finish on the headstock and neck had it locked in pretty good. I spent about an hour and a half on the replacement, with only about 15-20 minutes actually dealing with this product. In the end I had to cut the old one out with a dremel rotary tool. Once I had that mess out of the way sanding and installing this was a breeze. It fit snug enough that I didn’t even need to glue it in position.
JC63
2025-06-06 20:16:18
Basic but very well made. Highly recommend.
mozilla
2025-05-21 12:37:58
If your guitar has a 42mm nut....and thin, cheap string trees....do yourself a favor and upgrade.The nut is slightly longer than 42mm which allows you to find the right center point...then slightly file down which ever end is hanging over the edge of the fret board. Only takes 10-15 minutes to get them perfectly centered and filed down.The pieces look great on my Squier Bullet and Squier Strat. I highly recommend this product if your guitar has a poorly cut nut or thin flimsy plastic nut. Price is great too. I bought two and both are installed. The color change from my original white is awesome too.
Daniel B.
2025-05-16 16:16:26
Great upgrade for my Korean light ash Strat. Had to file down two nubs on the back of the nut to get it to sit flush. Ferfect fit in the slot and definitely helps with tuning stability.
Trixie Curio
2025-04-19 16:05:53
I recieved the item but the Black Tusq XL slotted nut is not on the packaging. Only the string tree and screws are there. The Black Tusq XL slotted nut has been taken out of the packaging since the pack is loosely sealed when I got it. 🤬
Mike L.
2025-04-16 12:19:27
These are great improvements to most Stratocasters in our quest for tuning stability. This and the bridge are the most important elements to that end.
Douglas
2025-03-20 10:12:18
These can be difficult to source outside the US at a reasonable price and the pricing (with delivery) from Amazon.jp was spot-on. Delivered within about a week, these as headed to a custom build in the near future!
Angel CC
2025-02-16 13:36:44
Sustituà los retenedores de una Fender Stratocaster made in Japan del 84 por estos y por un la cejuela de la misma marca y caracterÃsticas de Graph Tech.IncreÃble como aguanta la afinación y lo bien que van.
Filariss
2025-01-03 16:01:41
Alles bestens! Nichts zu bemängeln.
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