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01-11-2010, 11:23 AM
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Luthier, Dallas Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas | | | Ebony bow tip?
I saw one on a customer's bow recently and thought it was just too cool not to try. So I took a shot at carving one.. Opinions?  
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01-11-2010, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC, Astoria | | | Does it affect the bow's tip weight at all? |
01-11-2010, 11:28 AM
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Luthier, Dallas Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas | | | Yes it will naturally be a few oz heavier, but I can't tell a difference when holding it.. |
01-11-2010, 11:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC, Astoria | | | Right, I guess what I meant was, does it make it tip-heavy at all, but sounds like the balance is still okay. Seems pretty cool. |
01-11-2010, 11:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, Ontario | | | That bow looks very classy, especially if you use black hair.
I don't think there will be much of a weight difference, it's just a shim. Maybe use less whalebone/silver wrapping at the other end. |
01-11-2010, 12:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Forest Grove, OR | | | I think we're talking a gram or two-- definitely not ounces. I don't know the relative density of ebony versus ivory, but I would expect they are not all that different. |
01-11-2010, 12:30 PM
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Luthier, Dallas Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by 1st Bass  I think we're talking a gram or two-- definitely not ounces. I don't know the relative density of ebony versus ivory, but I would expect they are not all that different. | Ya, what he said! I would assume 1-2 grams difference at the most, if I was thinking, I would have weighed the bow before/after.. |
01-11-2010, 03:00 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by 1st Bass I think we're talking a gram or two-- definitely not ounces. I don't know the relative density of ebony versus ivory, but I would expect they are not all that different. | Ebony is a lot lighter than bone or Ivory.
African Ebony: ~ 1.1 gm/cc
Elephant Ivory: ~ 1.8 gm/cc
Ox Bone: ~ 2.0 gm/cc |
01-11-2010, 03:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Forest Grove, OR | | | There ya go... |
01-11-2010, 03:22 PM
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I like it. It matches the frog.
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01-11-2010, 04:06 PM
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Luthier, Dallas Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers Ebony is a lot lighter than bone or Ivory.
African Ebony: ~ 1.1 gm/cc
Elephant Ivory: ~ 1.8 gm/cc
Ox Bone: ~ 2.0 gm/cc | How about faux bone? (plastic) That's what was originally on it.. |
01-11-2010, 04:07 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DallasStrings How about faux bone? (plastic) That's what was originally on it.. | Icky...  |
01-11-2010, 05:49 PM
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Luthier: Bresque Basses, rep: Paulin EUB | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | I like the ebony tip. is it one piece? Wondering whether a white strip between the wood and the ebony might look nice to set off the blackness.
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