Help! New guy into MM guitars! What should i know?

[Sweat]

Compensated nuts were definitely used in that time period

 

[banjoplayer]

I'd guess compensated nuts we're introduced around 2005 when we saw the 20th silo and the Morse Y2D

and yes - Google confirms my guess: Compensated Ernie Ball Music Man Guitar Nut Blank
"Compensated nuts were introduced in 2005, they will not fit on a standard nut shelf."

 

[nervous]

TBH i don't see any sign of major alteration on the nut slot. The compensated part is over the fretboard wood, but is plastiquy and kind of breaking. Like when you expose plastic to the sun. Another "bad point" when i bought this guitar was that i bought it without the OHSC, it came with an alternative, cheap one (hence the price i've got it). The guitar also came with a couple of paint cracks at the bridge pivot and another one beside de bridge hole (i guess trem was punished but not broken).
Serial number dates the guitar back to 2010 so i believe it might been before compensated nuts were the rule.
I guess i'll have to email MM to get more precise details.

So far I have been able to find pics of a 2009 and 2010 and both did have the compensated nut so there is a good chance yours did as well. And as others have mentioned it's a readily available part from EBMM.

 

[DrKev]

I'd guess compensated nuts we're introduced around 2005 when we saw the 20th silo and the Morse Y2D

and yes - Google confirms my guess: Compensated Ernie Ball Music Man Guitar Nut Blank
"Compensated nuts were introduced in 2005, they will not fit on a standard nut shelf."

Correct! The compensated nut first featured on the Buttercream 2005 Limited Edition guitars. By 2006 it was standard on all guitars and basses (except the Axis and Morse with Floyd/locking nuts).