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George Thomas
 Post subject: CF Rod Saddle?
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:33 pm 
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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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 Post subject: Re: CF Rod Saddle?
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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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 Post subject: Re: CF Rod Saddle?
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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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