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| Author: | Daniel Minard [ Fri Oct 15, 2010 1:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Corian vs. bone? |
Recently, a friend gave me some black & bone coloured Corian scraps. I used it for the nut & saddle on a recently completed parlour guitar & really like how easy it is to shape & polish. The long pieces go through the thickness sander nicely & it's easy to start with an edge squared up on the jointer. Makes the job quite a bit faster than working with bone. Those are the plusses. Are there any minuses I should consider? Any observations on how the tone may differ from bone? Corian "feels" a little harder (the old tap it on your teeth test) but seems like it might wear more quickly. TIA... Dan |
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| Author: | David Newton [ Fri Oct 15, 2010 1:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Corian vs. bone? |
The black would be nice if you were working on a color coordination of one sort or another. Corian works fine for nuts and saddles, but is isn't bone, and bone is valued higher on the value scale. |
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| Author: | Bob Garrish [ Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Corian vs. bone? |
I'd worry a lot more about a saddle in terms of tone since even open form chords only have a string or two that's actually ringing open. As David says, bone is perceived as better whether there's a perceptible difference or not. |
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| Author: | David Malicky [ Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Corian vs. bone? |
I've found that the strings make noticeable dents in Corian. Not sure how important that is. |
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| Author: | Bobby M [ Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Corian vs. bone? |
I started replacing all my guitars corian or tusq nuts and saddles several years ago with bone. Personal preference for most people as to sound, but I find notes to have more sustain and be more defined than with corian. The first guitar I changed out my fellow band members were all saying "WOW! What kind of strings are those cause your guitar sounds fantastic!" I reinstalled the old string that had about 15 - 20 hours play on them just so I could measure the difference tonally to my ear. I like the sound of bone but not all do. Here's a link to a good discussion on both. http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/foru ... one+corian |
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| Author: | TonyKarol [ Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Corian vs. bone? |
Corian is softer IMO, and will leave string ruts at the saddle eventually .. I find that tonewise it is warmer, and not as defined as bone. I made an acoustic guitar for a local jazz player, and it originally had corian in it. He wanted me to take the finish off the back of the neck and oil it instead, which I did, and at the same time changed the saddle to bone, as I had jsut begun using it exclusively. He wondered what I had done to the soft tone he was getting before ... so for a while he used the corian, but eventually changed over to bone for hte saddle. He keeps both on hand in case he wants to change back. |
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| Author: | Daniel Minard [ Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Corian vs. bone? |
Thanks Guys. I appreciate the input. For now, I think I'll save the Corian for repairs where cost is a big issue. Cheers. Dan |
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