KAISH 43mm Unbleached Pure Bone Nut Guitar Slotted Bone Nut fits Strat Tele 43x3.5mm

I used this to replace my stock American Made Stratocaster neck nut. You will need to shape it to get it to fit right--so you need tools and a bit of skill. I have a workshop so no biggie for me.It will require you to take off about .25mm from the back (don't sand the "factory flat part, the side closest to the pickups, sand the back part closest to the tuners). On my neck, the factory nut curved with the radius of the neck . So I use the original nut as a template to mark this one so I knew how much to remove and how shape the curve. I used a Dremel (to remove mostly in the middle) and then carefully with 120 grit sandpaper to work with the bone to fit. I took my time and I am very pleased with the results.What I like the most (to my surprise) is how well the sting slots are cut. The spacing is dead on except for the 1E string, which is more "centered." This worked to my favor because I felt like the stock string spacing was to close to the edge and I did not like where it put my 1E. Not anymore, its perfect. Lastly, I use heavy top/light bottom strings (.52-.10). On the stock nut the 6E would not fit down and as snug as I wanted. I was planning on siling this nut to accommodate, but to my surprise, there was NO NEED. I easily used the .52 string to remove just enough for a perfect fit. In fact, I would say that all of my strings fit better in this nut.With a .05 degree reverse/shim added, and complete string setup, my strat build is finally complete. This is a great nut and I would recommend it to anyone who has the tools and time to figure out how to install it.

Worked great for a tele build. Like others have said, you treat this like a blank nut. You will need to shape it to fit and put a radius on it. Took me maybe 30mins to do it and it fits great and looks way better than plastic. I would advise anyone who has never done it before to first shape the thickness to fit in the nut slot, then shape the radius at the top, then finally sand the bottom of the nut to bring the height to their liking. I use around 150 grit paper. Higher grit numbers will take longer but will reduce likelihood of accidentally sanding down too much.I Can’t hear a difference in tone but I always put bone nuts in my guitars. Makes them feel and look better and give proper string height.

A bone nut is extremely hard material. You may have to make minor adjustments in the overall height, width and thickness down to hundredth of a millimeter. If the width you measure is 3.43 mm, that is what you need. I wet sand the part with 400 grit and finish in 1000 keeping sure to have every thing square. Check often. I don't think I would recommend this unless your sure you are up for it. Took me about 2 hours to do mine , by hand, no milling machine.

Fit my Strat neck very well with some a little sanding to fit into the nut slot. Width was perfect for American strat. String spacing was spot on and the notches made final filing much easier. Turned out very nice on my new build. Love the natural color of bleached bone. Having this already roughly shaped and sized made my job much easier. I will buy again.

It says this nut is for a strat. Well, maybe if you want to spend an hour or so filing it down to size. Too thick, too high and slots not properly sized. Don’t look for cheap go for the fender nut.

I was very pleased with the preslotted nut, I usually do my own but with a little bit of fitting it is perfect. You have to sand the width a bit to fit the slot in your neck but very minimal. Great way to upgrade any guitar. Yes I do recommend it.

Excellent material. Good spacing for wide necks. Don't expect it to drop in. There's no such thing as a precut but. Requires special tools and skills.

good quality, no modification needed.

I bought a B stock (played) Harley Benton TE for fifty quid delivered, so wasn’t expecting much. It is decent, tbh, and certainly as good as a Squire I have owned. Anyway, people with HB’s know they can be difficult to mod as some of the OEM components are weird sizes. I measured the original nut and the Kaish bone nut appeared to be identical, so I gave it a punt. The original (sat on the first fret in the picture) was badly cut on the top E string, so it always rattled like a son of a gun. It luckily popped out with just a light upward pressure from the slightly overhanging side. There was no more than a sliver of glue holding it in, so no need to file or square the slot. Bonus! I don’t even need to re-string the guitar to know already that this will make a massive difference to the tone and the aforementioned rattle.

Is what it is a very usable nut great updrade from plastic rubbish

Great quality for the price. Good clean tone from it too. Fairly easy to file down, recommended.

It is not 42 mm does not fit squier strat, fret slots not filed to size

Habe dieses Teil problemlos in meine Squier Bullet Strat eingebaut und alles ist gut. Hätte nie gedacht, dass ein Sattel so einen Unterschied machen kann. Jetzt zu behaupten, die Gitarre würde wesentlich besser klingen, würde ich eher als Vodoo abtun, stimmstabiler ist sie allemal nach dem Wechsel. Achtung: Wie beschrieben, ungebleicht, daher eher etwas gelblich. Wer sich daran stört, sollte den Sattel nicht kaufen, aber in meinem Falle war das Original auch nicht betörend von der Optik her, also stört's mich nicht. Ich würde den Wechsel auf Squier Strats auf jeden Fall empfehlen.