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I just received my first order from DePaul supply and I gotta say it's really great stuff. I know he's in the reference section but I was also pointed there by somebody on the forum (sorry, I can't remember who). I ordered a large bunch of figured MOP, and a bunch of bone nuts and saddles. His nuts and saddles are as good as any I've seen, and they're only $2.00 each. Thanks again to whoever pointed me that way, he's my new #1 supplier for bone and shell material.

Cheers!

John

I just ordered a bunch of stuff from too. Hope I like it as well.

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I loved the stuff I got from him; great prices, great product, great service. I got myself a kind of 'variety pack' of different shell types, enough to last me a good long while. Have a few pics of the stuff up there. Most of it's from him, except for the abalone and small collection of MOP on the bottom left:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~mvalente/inlay/

The abalone was on special (might still be): the massive amount is in very thin blanks, which should work well as headstock decoration, but most of it's too thin for fingerboard inlays), and the other 'batch' is the 'small blanks' offer. The MOP is practically all #1 grade stuff, so 'normal' quality, not the craziest stuff he's got. I'll be ordering some shell strips from him soon, I think.

I'll give Andy another vote here. Good stuff, nice guy to deal with.

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