What do you use to lube your nut?

[analogsystem]

Hahahah I know.....

but for reals......my Mustang is going crazy out of tune all the time and I am pretty sure it's binding at the nut. I have heard to rub a pencil in there? I was going to try this but I was wondering if you guys thought it'd be worth spending the $5 to $10 on fancy lube from a music store?

There is something called "Nut sauce" that guarantees 50% better tuning or some crap like that....

I don't think that the nut needs to be filed (although I do use huge strings).

so what do you dudes do to lube your nuts!!!????
thanks!

[aen]

spit, sometimes this burts bees lemon oil stuff.

[RumorsOFsurF]

I bought this "Guitar Grease" stuff from Stew Mac, and it seems to work okay. I thought the Nut Sauce stuff sucked.

If the strings are binding at the nut, you may need to file the nut slots. I did a half-ass job with a razor blade on my old Jaguar, and it worked a charm. ( I don't recommend that, though)

[gaybear]

graphite pencil works really nice and costs jack squat

[Sublimedo]

graphite pencil works really nice and costs jack squat

+1. Graphite and a roller bridge did wonders for rochelle's jmascisjazzmaster

[benwalker]

Pencil on anything without an LSR (+locking sperzels ftw btw...)

Found that one of those 'automatic' plastic ones with the 0.5mm lead refills works great if a normal wooden one doesn't work so well.

[euan]

graphite pencil works really nice and costs jack squat

+1. Graphite and a roller bridge did wonders for rochelle's jmascisjazzmaster

2B pencil is fine enough.

[benecol]

Pencil lead sandpapered into vaseline, applied with a pin.




It's a 50's pin for mojo, and I've had it depolarised too.

[Mike]

Well thank God for that.

[robert(original)]

i use pencil lead as well.
i used to take the end clippings of my strings and rub them in the string slots to widen them,
if you file, you risk deaping the slot, and thats no good.