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Permalink Reply by James Pobog on October 13, 2019 at 3:43pm

Good idea, but right now I'm making nuts (and some bridges) out of aluminum, angle.

I am, however, all about the free samples...

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on October 13, 2019 at 7:52pm

I've tried the Corian for nuts, more pain than it's worth. I use bolts for nuts and bridges, steel or brass and they come with grooves for holding the strings.

You can get grooved bone or Tusq nuts from Stewmac for 5 bucks plus shipping(use the Ukulele nuts for your CBG's. you can get a sheet of pickguard material big enough to make 2 Strat guards for about 12 bucks and cut them out yourself.

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Permalink Reply by James Pobog on October 14, 2019 at 12:43pm

Got some today...

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Permalink Reply by Titch the Clown on October 14, 2019 at 12:07am

Unfortunately Corian isn't the only manufactured stone out there. You can cut corian with a standard saw. Caesarstone will blunt your saw faster than anything else I know, and I know from personal experience.

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on October 14, 2019 at 5:22am

Not Formica, but I have used hardware store Galvanized sheet for covers? You can also get thin copper & brass sheet from craft stores?, another option? 

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Permalink Reply by James Pobog on October 14, 2019 at 12:45pm

I just found some small pieces of very thin brass that I'm gonna use to ground the bridges on my stuff...

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on October 17, 2019 at 7:34am

Keep in mind that metal pickguards have an effect on how your pickup will sound.

Steel can either help or harm, brass can block treble, copper is usually good and aluminum can block 60 cycle hum in single coils if it's thick enough.

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Permalink Reply by James Pobog on October 17, 2019 at 6:06pm

Thanks for that info. I'm learning stuff here all the time. The brass I used is postage stamp size. Soldered tonight, still a very minor hum, but much much better.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 20, 2019 at 11:37am

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on October 20, 2019 at 1:57pm

Wasn’t gitty selling those vinyl pickguards at one time? I remember Shane did a video about one many moons ago, still kool tho!

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 20, 2019 at 3:48pm

Tried , tested, and true  ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on October 20, 2019 at 5:01pm

Thin plywood and now trying masonite. A bit thicker than normal pick guards at between 1/8 to 3/16. But easy to come by. 

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