00:00If your guitar's been buzzing at the first fret, or your tone just sounds a little, dead, I've got news
00:04for you, the problem probably isn't your pickups, your strings, or your amp.
00:09It's that cheap plastic nut and saddle your guitar came with.
00:13So I went digging and found 5 real bone options that punch way above their price, and honestly, some of
00:18these cost less than a coffee.
00:20Let's get into it.
00:22First up, the Miwayer Blank Bone Nut and Saddle Set.
00:26These are unslotted buffalo bone blanks, which means you're doing the shaping yourself and that's exactly the point.
00:33If you're a builder, a tinkerer, or someone who wants a nut cut perfectly to your neck's radius and string
00:38spacing, blanks are the only way to go.
00:41You get a multi-pack for around $5.60, so you've got room to practice, room to mess one up,
00:47and spares for the next project.
00:49Nearly 5,000 sold with a 4.9 rating tells you the bone quality is legit, dense, no soft spots,
00:55and it files beautifully.
00:57Next, the Geiker 42 and 43 millimeter bone nut, sitting at about $5.23.
01:04What I like here is that Geiker sized these specifically for Les Paul and Strat style necks, so you're not
01:09guessing.
01:10Drop and width, standard height, and real bone that transfers vibration into the neck the way plastics simply cannot.
01:17You'll notice it most on open cords, they ring longer and sound fuller.
01:21For $5, upgrading the nut on an electric is probably the single best value mod you can make.
01:28Third is another Miwayer, and this one's for the acoustic crowd, white buffalo bone saddle blanks at 80 by 3
01:34by 10 millimeters.
01:36That's a long blank, which is great because it fits guitars, mandolins, banjos, and ukuleles.
01:42So if you've got a couple of instruments floating around the house, one order covers all of them.
01:47It's about $5.12 for the multi-pack, and again that 4.9 rating.
01:53Swapping a plastic acoustic saddle for bone genuinely wakes the top up, more volume, more sparkle in the high end.
02:00Number 4 might be the best deal on this entire list.
02:04It's a real slotted bone nut for electric guitar, pre-cut, bottom flat, 42 or 43 millimeters wide, and it's
02:10$2.59.
02:13$2.59.
02:14The slots are already cut, so if you're not comfortable with nut files, you can basically sand the bottom to
02:20height, glue it in, and you're done in an afternoon.
02:23It won't be as precise as a custom-cut blank, but for a beginner guitar or a backup instrument, this
02:29is an absurd amount of upgrade for pocket change.
02:32And rounding it out, the Miwayer pair a bone bridge saddle and nut set for 6- through 12-string
02:37acoustic and classical guitars, around $4.30.
02:41The nice thing is you're getting both pieces matched, made from the same real bone, so your instrument is consistent
02:47from end to end.
02:4812-string players especially, listen up, bone makes a huge difference when you've got that many strings loading the top.
02:55More clarity, less mush.
02:58Solid 4.8 rating and nearly $4,700 sold.
03:02All 5 links are down in the description, and they're the best prices I could find.
03:07If this saved you from buying a new guitar when all you needed was a $5 part, do me a
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03:14I've got more gear deals coming.
03:17Thanks for watching.
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