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I don't see why not....

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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Why not a zero fret then ebony nut?

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Formerly JJH

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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.

Martin style 15 and 17 used to come with ebony nuts. They worked well.

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Howard Klepper
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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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Zac

Anchorage Alaska

Finshed my 1st! See #1 here

If it's about cost, you can get several nut/saddle blanks for around 50 cents each on eBay.

Was that from the time when these guitars would have been strung with gut trebles?

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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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Dave
Milton, ON