TUSQ XL Nut by Graph Tech Model # 6061-00 Epiphone Style Slotted

From the get-go, I felt that the tuning problem rested with the 14:1 ratio tuners. I compensated for the intonation problem by reversing the direction of the first three string posts and that worked out beautifully. I had an older tailpiece, bought for my '68 Gibson ES-335 that was the same size as the stock Epi tailpiece excepting that the Gibson stoptail had fine tuners on it and real Grover Imperials holding the tuning solid. I had bought the tailpiece around 1970 but never used it much because Bigsby introduced its "Palm Pedal" around that same time and I had to have that and loved it because nothing cuts through big sound like the soulful movement of the bend and whine of a string through the music. This of course steered me toward the pedal steel guitar which I still play and love to this day. So with the fine tuners on the Epi-335, the guitar stays in tune far longer than before. I believe it to be because of the quality of the tailpiece more than the tuners.

Back to the point, your nut required minimal installation skill while producing maximum results enhancing, tone, sustain, and stable tuning. The graphite on my old nut was so ugly and obvious. It was a stroke of genius to have designed a self-lubricating nut that is tested thousands of times per night. Now when can we get to that self-lubricating auto engine? Thank you fellas, I respect and appreciate your dedication to the art. Brad