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I'm getting ready to order some more of the above. I was wondering where you get yours?

I'm looking for nice quality bone with dots.

Thank You !!!

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

Number of sellers on ebay under luthiersupplies guitar ,but you will have to wait .Most are in china

If you're buying large amounts, try Michael Gurian, and it's pretty quick delivery

Thanks !!! I'll check it out

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

If anyone has experience with any of the Asian suppliers, I'd like to hear about it.

I assume there are some good ones & some not so good?

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.

One thing I find frustrating about bridge pins is a variation in size of the pin diameter. That means that pins have to be fitted to individual holes. Stew-mac pins are quite good in terms of size.
Tom

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A person who has never made a mistake has never made anything!!!

Tom,

Know exactly what you mean. I end up marking the pins per string. A real pain

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

I got really nice bone pins from Fillipo a while back. Don't know if he makes any with other materials.

Kevin I contacted one of my chinese suppliers. Couldn/t give me a price for 100, he sells them in sets of 10 etc google purestore on evil bay. He has several different types of bridge pins.I contacted another supplier.

I couldn't find a store or seller named "purestore".
??????

Could you spoon feed me a link?

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.

read your PM kevin

I've bought inexpensive bone pins from various Asian eBay sellers, but the quality has invariably been rather disappointing. There probably are some good ones out there, but unless you are sure of the quality before ordering, this can become an expensive but futile experiment. I now order large quantities from Gurian, made to my specs, and they are excellent. The price isn't bad either (even with the shipping here), and best of all, no worries about the quality, consistency of geometry etc.

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

I got my last batch through a usa wholesaler who deals in vln parts from india.The ebony was consisitent .Thanks for the explanation arnt.Good to get feeback.

I will echo the group here.. Stew Mac or LMI.... You get pins that are consistent and that will fit into holes properly....

I bought some Grizzly pins and some from Evil-bay.... Inconsistent diameters meant you had to fit each pin exactly to it's hole.... Some pins were *really* small.... Etc...

Decided it was just too much trouble.. Went back to SM and LMI...

Thanks

Filippo makes bridge pins and end pins???

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Only badly."

I bought a year's supply from this guy, they are really nice pins. He's in the Pac NW.
http://iluak.com/index.php?route=common/home

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I don't know if anyone mentioned Bob Colosi http://www.guitarsaddles.com/gen_info.asp
great guy. I have dealt with him several times. Great service, great product.
L.

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Cut to size.....Beat to fit.....Paint to match.

Bob Colosi. None better.

I would love to see a tutorial, Filippo?

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We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at guitars.

Filippo, I love my pins from you, but wondering if you will make them in unbleached bone?