Posted by Penny Nelson on January 21, 2012 at 5:31am
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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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!
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.
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.
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.
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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?
I like this headstock its got a feel of Art Deco to it.
yeah good idea...leave it there until it stopped leaking!
ohhh maybe storing it in blotting paper would help??
right yeah, my untreated wood soaked it up like blotting paper!
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.
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.
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.
Why has the top corner been photoshopped?
Thanks - interesting that it hasn't imploded yet or interesting design...lol
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