It popped off at one stage but is now glued and screwed. One of the many learning curves. Nut is 40 year old camel bone from China - its very dense and greasy so the strings dont stick and it give wonderful sustain.

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Comment by BUGGY (C) on January 28, 2012 at 3:26am

Wow that's so cool, nice head stock.....all you need is an art deco radio as as amp...(saw one one ebay as well )

Perhaps a back lit stained glass window in the body would go well?!..or pull out drinks drawer with crystal cut glasses...and wisky!....i' ve got a nice box that would go with this!

How does it sound?

Comment by Bob Sherring on January 22, 2012 at 3:40am

I like this headstock its got a feel of Art Deco to it.

Comment by bemuzic on January 22, 2012 at 12:05am

yeah good idea...leave it there until it stopped leaking!

Comment by Penny Nelson on January 22, 2012 at 12:02am

ohhh maybe storing it in blotting paper would help??

Comment by bemuzic on January 21, 2012 at 10:29pm

right yeah, my untreated wood soaked it up like blotting paper!

Comment by Penny Nelson on January 21, 2012 at 1:17pm

B, I had it sitting in black wood stain for about a week so I'm guessing the excess grease leached out then. So nope havnt had the staining happen but will keep it in mind. I usually dont put the nut on till after I have treated the wood tho.

Comment by Penny Nelson on January 21, 2012 at 1:15pm

Naz its not photo shopped taken on my phone camera with an HDD app - it takes three pics at different exposures and blends them for more detail - unfortunately if you move you get wonky bits like that. Nice pic up though.

Comment by bemuzic on January 21, 2012 at 4:38am

With old bone I've used, some grease or something soaked out of it into the wood making it darker around it. Did that happen with yours?....though the wood on mine wasn't treated at all.

Comment by Naz Nomad on January 21, 2012 at 3:08am

Why has the top corner been photoshopped?

Comment by Penny Nelson on January 21, 2012 at 2:32am

Thanks - interesting that it hasn't imploded yet or interesting design...lol

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