The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #47748   Message #713486
Posted By: Justa Picker
19-May-02 - 12:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Fossilized Ivory
Subject: RE: BS: Fossilized Ivory
'Spaw's right. I recently took the plunge on 2 of my guitars. Had the nuts, saddles and bridgepins all replaced with f.w.i. I have zero regrets. They sound and play better than before when they had comparable bone equivalents. Not a cheap process, and I had a luthier very accustomed to working with this material, do all of the cutting, polishing, bevelling, compensation of the saddles, and the setups.

If you interested, you can see a few photos of the work. (These are all "after" shots.)


1947 OOO 21:
Nut
Front shot of bridge
Bridge - another angle

and

1998 Custom D-42:
Nut
Front shot of bridge
Bridge - another angle