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| Author: | Mattia Valente [ Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ebony Saddle and Nut??? |
I don't see why not.... |
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| Author: | TRein [ Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ebony Saddle and Nut??? |
Yes to the ebony saddle, no to the ebony nut, IMO. Lots of American electric guitars from the 50's and 60's had simple wooden bridges with thumb wheels for height adjustment, mostly BRW. A wooden nut will really sound different than the fretted strings (I tried it long ago). You can buy pre-slotted synthetic nuts for very little money and will save you some time. |
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| Author: | John Hale [ Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ebony Saddle and Nut??? |
Why not a zero fret then ebony nut? |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ebony Saddle and Nut??? |
Chris buddy I think that I remember Colin having mentioned that he made and used a BRW nut and liked it. I also remember that Colin is not a fan of ebony bridges. Perhaps he will weigh in here and comment. John my friend a zero fret would indeed solve the problem that Thomas noted. |
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| Author: | Howard Klepper [ Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ebony Saddle and Nut??? |
Martin style 15 and 17 used to come with ebony nuts. They worked well. |
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| Author: | zac_in_ak [ Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ebony Saddle and Nut??? |
maybe Im crazy but you can get corian samples for $2 and make both out of it and you can use a kid friendly color too! Here |
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| Author: | Mattia Valente [ Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ebony Saddle and Nut??? |
If it's about cost, you can get several nut/saddle blanks for around 50 cents each on eBay. |
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| Author: | TRein [ Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ebony Saddle and Nut??? |
Howard Klepper wrote: Martin style 15 and 17 used to come with ebony nuts. They worked well. Was that from the time when these guitars would have been strung with gut trebles? |
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| Author: | Dave Stewart [ Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ebony Saddle and Nut??? |
My first archtop, which I play every day, has a standard archtop all-ebony bridge and an ebony nut. It's fine. (The ebony nut is standard practice on violin family for 100's of years) |
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