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Glue for Bone Saddle
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Glue for Bone Saddle
I am experimenting with some intonation ideas and it involves gluing two bone saddles together. I’m looking for suggestions for the best glue to use for that purpose. Alternatively, I can use corian or equivalent to make a wider one piece saddle. Any thoughts on the glue, or using corian for a saddle would be greatly accepted.
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Superglue works well in my experience and holds up when being work. Here’s a video based on this repair we did at Dan’s shop.
I suspect hide glue is the “best” option tonally (if you’re into debates like that), given how it’s made. I’d would worry it might fail from any heat build up? Probably not any more likely than CA, but I’d be sus until proven otherwise.
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Shimming a vintage bone nut by adding more bone - StewMac
This 56' Tele was just refretted. Now it needs a new nut, but Dan Erlewine didn’t have the heart to throw out it’s original nut. Dan shows how to keep the relic look!
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I’ve used CA glue for a couple of saddles without any problems. Barely visible seam.
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