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04-05-2009, 11:45 AM
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I cannot find a bone nut of the right dimensions and thought maybe it would be nicer to make a wooden nut. I have a hard rock maple neck with a rosewood fb. The headstock veneer will be figured maple. Would a hard rock maple nut make sense? Would it last? Why do they always use bone or some other material instead of wood?
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04-05-2009, 11:56 AM
| | | | Benedetto, on at least one of his models, uses ebony for nut material although it is somewhat harder than maple.
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04-05-2009, 12:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada. | | | I wouldnt be worried if you'd use it with a zero fret and putting CA in the grooves. |
04-05-2009, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by meandi  Benedetto, on at least one of his models, uses ebony for nut material although it is somewhat harder than maple. | I googled for this and found at least one builder that uses maple nuts. He says they are stronger than bone. But I'm not sure of that, that's why I asked.. I think ebony would be okay, but this wouldn't make sense on my bass, since nothing is made of ebony. Quote:
Originally Posted by T2W I wouldnt be worried if you'd use it with a zero fret and putting CA in the grooves. | What if the zero fret isn't there? (I don't have space for it.) Could I go with just CA in the grooves?
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04-05-2009, 01:00 PM
| | | | What have you got to loose, other than a very small piece of maple & a bit-o-time?
Only thing, I'd make sure the grain ran across the strings vs with them.
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04-05-2009, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by roberthabraken . I think ebony would be okay, but this wouldn't make sense on my bass, since nothing is made of ebony. | Yea, but your first choice was bone, and nothing on your bass is made of bone either. I saw your rosewood fingerboard, and ebony would blend nicely with that. I don't think it would look out of place at all.
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04-05-2009, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by meandi What have you got to loose, other than a very small piece of maple & a bit-o-time?
Only thing, I'd make sure the grain ran across the strings vs with them. | You've got a point there! And I will check for the grain. Let's just go for it  . Quote:
Originally Posted by jordan_frerichs Yea, but your first choice was bone, and nothing on your bass is made of bone either. I saw your rosewood fingerboard, and ebony would blend nicely with that. I don't think it would look out of place at all. | Yeah, good point too... but it's hard to get such a small piece around here, so I'll go and try the maple first.. if it's too soft, I can always switch to ebony.
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04-05-2009, 02:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lafayette, LA | | | all viol-type instruments use maple for the bridge, using it for a nut seems like a pretty good idea. Besides, a lot of manufacturers use soft plastic for nut material, maple seems like a huge upgrade to that stuff.
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04-05-2009, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by HogieWan all viol-type instruments use maple for the bridge, using it for a nut seems like a pretty good idea. Besides, a lot of manufacturers use soft plastic for nut material, maple seems like a huge upgrade to that stuff. | Thanks! I'm really confident I could go for a maple nut right now  !
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