FGJ Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 I've searched online to see what this material is and it still remains a mystery to me. Any former Hamer employees know what the material actually is (without giving some nebulous reference to "lubricating molecules")? Is it just a fancy marketing name for plastic? Is it really more frictionless than graphite? What's the skinny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 5 hours ago, FGJ said: I've searched online to see what this material is and it still remains a mystery to me. Any former Hamer employees know what the material actually is (without giving some nebulous reference to "lubricating molecules")? Is it just a fancy marketing name for plastic? Is it really more frictionless than graphite? What's the skinny? Excellent question!! I have noticed that some come with bone nut’s on the more premium builds. So in my mind bone is an upgrade. I have never changed a nut on any Hamer USA I’ve ever owned. That can not be said of the other major name guitars I’ve owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 It's made from a Space-age polymer formula. That's all I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveL Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 It's some kind of plastic/Teflon formula (Delrin maybe?) . Plenty of fabricators can pop out parts like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, kizanski said: It's made from a Space-age polymer formula. That's all I know. Same material used in making the infamous Galactic Prophylactic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoogieMKIIA Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 There are some older threads on this subject. I was told some white nuts are the same stuff, just white. Some Hamer descriptions say ivory, maybe meaning the color? My 2002 Studio Custom has a white nut. I couldn't say by looking what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 3 hours ago, kizanski said: It's made from a Space-age polymer formula. That's all I know. So you are saying they are made with 60 year old technology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGJ Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 In other words, it's just glorified plastic. That's all I wanted to know. And I figured the "ivory" description in the marketing material couldn't mean it was actually ivory, bone, or any such thing. Well, at least it's worked well for me, whatever it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamersaur Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I could be wrong but I thought that Lubritrak was an oil impregnated plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I had swapped the nut on my MIK Standard to lubritrak years ago. It significantly improved the tuning. These also work great with floating trems. Bone is a premium for it’s natural origin and historic value I think rather than for it’s function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGJ Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 8 hours ago, Hamersaur said: I could be wrong but I thought that Lubritrak was an oil impregnated plastic. Isn't plastic already an oil-based material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disturber Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 7 hours ago, FGJ said: Isn't plastic already an oil-based material? I think he ment "soap impregnated plastic". Soap is slippery, and also stays clean, so you don't have to clean the nut either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamersaur Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 16 hours ago, FGJ said: Isn't plastic already an oil-based material? But of course. Depending on the material, oil impregnation can cut friction drastically. The soap is for later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 35 minutes ago, gtrdaddy said: TRUTH. While bone does generally sound good, using it isn’t a guarantee of great sound. Because it is bone, it can have density irregularities that can resonate differently on one end of the nut vs the other end, and can also have dead spots. I use TUSQ XL nuts. They sound extremely vibrant, just huge, and tuning with them is effortless and instruments with them tend to stay in tune better. I like them better than bone. TUSQ (/truth) being said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 44 minutes ago, gtrdaddy said: I clean my nuts all the time, soap or no soap. This statement probably needs some explanation. 🤭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 15 minutes ago, gorch said: This statement probably needs some explanation. 🤭 Gtrdaddy is a canine pretending to take the form of a human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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