nut

: a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel. (2) : the kernel of a nut. b. : a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a woody pericarp.

1. In stringed instruments, the nut is the ridge between the pegbox and the fingerboard of the instrument. 2. The British term "nut" may also be used for the frog of the bow in a bowed stringed instrument.

"Nut” was an early metaphor for "head,” because to some eyes, a head looked like a big nut.

The nut is that small piece of bone, plastic, graphite, etc, that keeps the strings in line on their way to the headstock. The nut is small, unassuming, definitely NOT glamorous, but is absolutely crucial to playability, tuning stability, and tone.

The noun form “nut,” meaning “crazy person,” may have a different history. By the mid-1800s, nut was slang for head. If someone said you were “off your nut,” that would mean you were crazy. Psychologist Timothy Anderson points out that many recent euphemisms for insanity have sexual connotations.

Neck, Pegbox, and Scroll The fingerboard is attached to the neck and extends over the body of the instrument. The nut is a raised piece of wood, where the fingerboard meets the pegbox, which the strings rest on.

One line would mean eighth-notes alternating. Two lines would mean sixteenths. Three lines means 32nds. In practical use, three lines means "fast notes, not necessarily 32nds".

Slang. the head. Slang. a person who is very enthusiastic about something; buff; enthusiast; devotee: He's a real circus nut.

Etymology. The word may have come from the German Nut (pronounced "noot"), meaning groove or slot.

Bone. Bone is arguably the best guitar nut construction material since it offers a number of desirable characteristics. Hard, dense, yet fairly light, this material offers remarkable strength against mechanical shocks and a fine tuning reliability, especially if periodically lubricated.

Measuring the nut slot heights As a starting point, shoot for . 02” in between the top of the first fret and the bottom of the string at the first fret on the wound strings (low E, A and D), and . 018” for the plain strings (high G, B, and E). On acoustic guitars with a wound G, you will also shoot for .

This can be very insulting and is only used informally . Similar to: nutcase, nut job, loony, etc. There is, however, a non-insulting use: It can also mean very enthusuastic about something like a hobby or interest as in sports nut.