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Post by Steverb on May 10, 2010 20:29:54 GMT
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Post by melp on May 11, 2010 17:10:12 GMT
Steve,
I recently had a quick look on the web for one of these in the UK, but did not find anything, a couple of nut/saddle suppliers told me they never get anything this big. My search was not that exhaustive, I found a couple of other bits I wanted, so ordered from Beard.
As I write this am waiting for delivery.
I was going to try Dave King, but never got around to it.
Good luck
Mel
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Post by ken1953clark on May 11, 2010 19:16:19 GMT
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Post by percythewonderant on May 12, 2010 7:49:25 GMT
For a begining Dobroist the next question is - what is the best height above the finger board at the first fret ?
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Post by Steverb on May 12, 2010 12:27:24 GMT
Thanks Ken. I had seen the Hobgoblin blank but it's not big enough for my needs. I'm embarked on a crazy project to convert a knackered cheapo dreadnought into a 'dobro style' squareneck. I have built up the sides of the neck and need the blank to be around 60mm long to cover the full neck width. Obviously I'm not going to have the string spacing that wide but I think it will look odd if the nut is smaller than the neck width. Looks like an order to Beard is on the cards.
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Post by ken1953clark on May 12, 2010 12:52:29 GMT
A 'green' alternative is to visit your local butcher and see if he's got any flattish bones (shoulder blades) you could recycle
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Post by andys on May 14, 2010 19:28:50 GMT
I get my bone nuts from an ebay shop called AngelSound. All their bone blanks are oversize, whic suits me, but I think they also do some huge chunks of the stuff. Very good prices too, and nice folks.
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Post by Colin McCubbin on May 22, 2010 22:29:55 GMT
Once you've made your bone nut, and are happy with it, if you want it to be less 'white' you can pop it in a cup of black tea for a few minutes, it will come out a nice, aged pale brown..  |
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Post by gouranga on May 23, 2010 19:24:09 GMT
I have nut that is blank at the top of my neck...it's aged also
gouranga
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Post by Steverb on May 23, 2010 20:34:36 GMT
I quite like the DIY option from a piece of shoulder bone, aged in black tea.
Has anyone conducted a controlled experiment on the relative tonal merits of pork, lamb or beef shoulder bone or should I just take pot luck?
Thanks for the heads up on Angel Music Andy. I couldn't see anything that was quite tall enough (it needs to be 0.75 inches high) but they have other bits and bobs that could be useful to me.
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Post by melp on May 28, 2010 8:35:11 GMT
Steve,
Just to let you know that I, finally, got my large bit of bone from Beard - the delay was due to the postal service.
Its fine, very large - 7mm thick. But easy to shape and hits the spot. I was impressed with the service from Beard, who helped to track it down in the postal system.
regards
Mel
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Post by robn on May 30, 2010 10:02:22 GMT
Just in case anyone needs to get a bigger nut blank, you can very successfully use superglue to stack nut blanks and then shape them - cynoacrylate is used for glueing bones back together by vets and surgeons  |
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