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Comment by Randy S. Bretz on September 4, 2014 at 3:13am

yeah just adding a bit of brass to the nut will greatly improve the sound and sustain

Comment by Brian MacLean on September 4, 2014 at 3:06am

Cool idea! I have some brass poles two are 2mm and one is quite large around 10mm. Would that work if I made the proper groove into the nut?

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on September 4, 2014 at 2:59am

Here`s an "old school " trick for adding sustain to your build. Epoxy a small brass bar to your nut...

Comment by Brian MacLean on September 4, 2014 at 2:52am

Thanks Randy, I took notice to that when I started grinding. I'm working on a new nut and saddle from bone, I'm more or less using these as a "dummy" set for the time being. I tried filling the pores with antler dust and superglue, which worked well until I banged it up to see if it would hold and it shattered out. I have a few burls I'm going to attempt a bridge and saddle inspired by you! Couldn't of been a better person to convince me to switch to bone. Thanks again for looking and your advice.

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on September 4, 2014 at 2:18am

May I make a suggestion, while it`s a cool nut I would go with bone next time. Deer antler is pores and over time from the stress of the strings they will dig down into the slot which will throw off the tuning. Bone is a lot denser!

Comment by Uncle John on September 4, 2014 at 1:07am

Oh yeah.   Highly appropriate and cool.