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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on November 30, 2015 at 8:09pm

You can buy blanks from many places ,including Gitty,but almost invariably it will need cutting or shaping of some kind to suit your guitar for action etc,making a nut in itself is pretty easy,but making it work at it's best is a little harder,and buying an off the shelf nut or blank ,you will probably still have to dial it in to suit

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on December 1, 2015 at 3:19am

I've never seen a pre-cut bone nut for any type of guitar. As far as I know, all you can get are blanks.

The nuts that are "pre-cut" are actually molded plastic of some sort. You could try Micarta or Tusq as a substitute.

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Permalink Reply by Calvin Wallace on December 1, 2015 at 3:24am

Oh they exist. Just not for a 3 string.

This is just an example. You can find them in a bunch of configurations.

http://www.cbgitty.com/cigar-box-guitar-parts/1pc-bone-nut-for-conc...

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on December 2, 2015 at 5:01am

In that case, I would take the uke nut and cut off one of the slots, so that you now have a 3 string nut - easy peasy.

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Permalink Reply by Calvin Wallace on December 2, 2015 at 5:04am

But would the sting spacing and depth be correct?

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