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I guess it would be wrong to want my cow bone from Fuku province for the extra energy they give to a guitar meant for death metal?

Heck we don't as humanity do all that well towards oursevles...

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"It's a Tone Faerie thing"
"Da goal is to sharpen ur wit as well as ye Sgian Dubh"
"Sippin Loch Dhu @Black lake" ,Kirby O...

The designer of this has been my oldest son's inspiration for a few years now, MORE humane can mean more efficient:

http://grandin.com/design/blueprint/blueprint.html

and that will sell better rather than any moral stance and will help achieve the desired result...

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"It's a Tone Faerie thing"
"Da goal is to sharpen ur wit as well as ye Sgian Dubh"
"Sippin Loch Dhu @Black lake" ,Kirby O...

When this thread was new, I decided to order some nuts & saddles on Ebay.

I ordered from the seller inlaidartist. The deal was for 25 nuts & 25 saddles $35.00 delivered. I bought the lot on March 25 & it finally showed up on April 19.

Of the lot, one saddle was split & not usable. All of the pieces felt about the same in terms of weight/density. 17 out of 25 saddles looked & felt very good, the others looked less than perfect but only 2 of them seemed unuasable.

15 out of 25 nuts looked very good. 10 had some visual issues but I think most of them will be ok - some white streaking that looked like less dense areas but poking at them with an awl didn't reveal any real issues.

All of the pieces also had what looked like a thin coat of varnish maybe to keep them looking snow white?

Overall, I'm happy with the purchase. Hope this is helpful.

Kevin Looker

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I'm not a luthier.
I'm just a guy who builds guitars in his basement.
It's better than playing golf.

I buy all my blanks from inlaidartist, yes some of the blanks are less than perfect but in general all blanks are usable. The only problem I have is sometimes I cannot get the size I want or would like to have, but at the price they offer any work to make them the right size still makes this a real bargain, and even one or two duds isn't such a big loss.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Got a bunch from the same place. Decent stuff (Buffalo bone) and a good deal.