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| Author: | George Thomas [ Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | CF Rod Saddle? |
I use 1/8 by 3/8 CF rods in my guitar necks. The cut off portion is just about the size of a saddle. This led me to wonder if any of you have tried CF rod as a saddle or nut? |
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| Author: | Laurent Brondel [ Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: CF Rod Saddle? |
No reason why not to, except it's hell on tools and not healthy to breathe the dust. At all. Bone is much better… |
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| Author: | Bob Garrish [ Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: CF Rod Saddle? |
There are no properties of a CF laminate that I can think of which would make it suitable as a nut. It will most likely wear quicker and abrade strings, it's not particularly hard, and it probably has a lot of damping. I don't see how a high tensile strength could help? |
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