Big Bends Nut Sauce Alternative
Big Bend Nut Sauce
The concept of Nut Sauce® is simple. Stop the string drag or friction at the nut and string guides. Reduce string breakage at the bridge and saddles by reducing friction and wear from the see-saw action of hard playing, especially with a thick pick. It's no secret that guitar players for years have used pencil lead, Vaseline®, lip balm, and many other things to help keep their guitars in tune.
With a technical background that extends to lubricants, Big Bends approached the problem with a scientific perspective and finally created Big Bends Nut Sauce®. The criteria was simple - it had to be non-toxic, non-corrosive, created with state-of-the-art lubricants, could not affect the finish of your guitar, and had to be so thick that it would stay where you put it (that means in the nut slots, under the string guides or on the bridge or saddles). Nut Sauce® meets this criteria and more.
Available in single tubes of 0.5 cc, 1.5 cc or packs of 12 with a store display. Also available in 6 cc tubes.
Apr 05, 2011 I use Big Bends Nut Sauce, I like it, good name too because we bend strings and such. Clearish and works good, to me pencil (carbon based) would look dirty. (speaking of dirty).to use Nut sauce from some guy called Big Ben, that would be an entirely different and disgusting thing. I think adding the D, Big BenD was a genius marketing move. Big Bends Nut Sauce is a must have item for any guitar players repair kit. Stop pulling your hair out and ruining your setup specs and making your guitar worse. Trust me just put a little nutsauce on the nut and even the saddle slots depending where it’s binding, and your guitar will sing like never before.
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Thanks guys,I'll try one or two of these ideas (two if the first doesn't work).I'm a died in the wool Folyd Rose guy but I picked up a used Les Paul Studio a few weeks back. I'd like to use it for a few tunes, but at rehearsal it just doesn't quite hold a tune as well as I need it to even with new strings (and yes I know how to install them properly).It has Grovers so the nut is almost certainly the issue. I don't have time to have it tweaked and it's not terrible so I think lube will help a lot. Originally posted by Milkman1OK Gibson (and other conventional non locking guitar) users,Will you please share your nut lubing methods? (let's keep it clean please, I'm at work) The local stores don't stock any proper graphite compounds so I'm going to try an alternative for now.One suggestion from a local shop was a fine teflon based grease often used by mountain bikers.Any other ideas? I know I could grind up a pencil lead, but details would be appreciated.Thanks,The Teflon lube is a great idea. I use Tri-flow, which is Teflon in a light petroleum (not grease) base.
Floss the nut slot with damp cotton string, dry. Then apply a microdrop of Tri-flow and blot any excess.I'd avoid pencil lead. Pencil lead is made of graphite (a dry carbon lubricant) plus clay (abrasive dirt). Abrasive in a lubricant base facilitates action of the abrasive (think of oiling a grinding tool or drill bit). Also, the clay can accumulate and create worse problems in time. Pure graphite may be OK, although it is dirty (carbon black) and tends to smudge.
The Tri-flow, available at any bike shop, is clean.and a lifetime supply is about $3.00.