Members PigWings_v2.0 Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Cow, chicken, human bone? Or some other mysterious material that people call bone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blingdogg Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 alien bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unistudent1980 Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 I think it was from the thigh bone of a cow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 I get bone to make nuts from my local pet store. Steralized cow bone for a couple of bucks will make a couple dozen nuts. I assume most nuts are cow bone, however I have heard that camel bone is denser and produces a better tone for nut and saddle (acoustic) material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 One time I was hanging out with my luthier friend while he was sanding down a bone nut on the big sanding machine. When he does that all the guys that hang out in the shop run out because it has the deeply offensive odor of burning bone that some of us are familiar with from having had teeth drilled at the dentist. I asked him, what kind of bone is that, he said in an ominous voice human. Though I'm sure it's cow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unistudent1980 Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Hmm I'm a human, I have a bone and I have nut(2 actually) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zacman0126 Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 One time I was hanging out with my luthier friend while he was sanding down a bone nut on the big sanding machine. When he does that all the guys that hang out in the shop run out because it has the deeply offensive odor of burning bone that some of us are familiar with from having had teeth drilled at the dentist.I asked him, what kind of bone is that, he said in an ominous voice human. Though I'm sure it's cow. Nope it was human. Mine in fact. Son of a bitch asked me over for dinner. Couple sips later of that red wine and I wake up in a bath tub full of ice and two ribs and a kidney are gone. {censored}er. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pope on a Rope Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Orphan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IBDBB Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 I think the last ones i bought on ebay were camel bone. But i would think cow bone would be the most common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 ...the thigh bone connected to the tone bone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Some expensive ones are mammoth ivory.http://gregboyd.com/accessories_sub_category.html?category_key=5&family=guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zacman0126 Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Some expensive ones are mammoth ivory.http://gregboyd.com/accessories_sub_category.html?category_key=5&family=guitars LOL! how the {censored} is that even legal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 LOL! how the {censored} is that even legal! Well, there is always walrus ivory (same page).:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unistudent1980 Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Mammoth=extinct, it's not like you're going to kill something and from what I read mammoth carcasses turn up fairly regularly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimibetan Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 I think it would be cool if its from a devil's horn or a dragon's nail. Like Tenacious D's pick of destiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Ya know most funeral directors have side businesses:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesuperMike Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Regarding the elephant ivory- I just e-mailed that guy and ask if he needs to buy some. I've got several lbs of ivory scraps just sitting around that are perfect for luthier work. My dad makes custom handgun grips and knives and gets his tusks either from African governments from naturally expired elephants (the money goes back into preserves, supposedly) and from estate sales here in the states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nevermind Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 http://www.boneroom.com/bone/humanpost.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zuzuman Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 fossilized mammoth ivory = good Elephant ivory = probably bad... very difficult to prove the provenance of the ivory, and that it wasn't gained from poaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V-man Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 fossilized mammoth ivory = goodElephant ivory = probably bad... very difficult to prove the provenance of the ivory, and that it wasn't gained from poaching. I really don't think this is much of a big issue in the states, especially a sliver of it for a nut. Hell, have 10 guitars with ivory nuts and the odds of friction are ridiculously low. First off, who is going to nab you, the Ivory police? Most people wouldn't know ivory from "fauxvory", and in the 1 in a million shot an interested party discovered, detected, and delivered you to the authorities (who for some crazy reason wanted to make a case out of it), you are innocent and the burden of proof is on the state to show this was poached ivory. Even if the issue is pushed (now we are getting trial of the century ridiculous), you could pay an ass ton to carbon date the ivory and then sue the hell out the state for false arrest and legal fees but this is pure fantasy. Never gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Orphan Ya, true...but for boutique tone, you need baby orphan bone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrChitlins Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Ya, true...but for boutique tone, you need baby orphan bone.... hobo is great for dobro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Regarding the elephant ivory- I just e-mailed that guy and ask if he needs to buy some. I've got several lbs of ivory scraps just sitting around that are perfect for luthier work. My dad makes custom handgun grips and knives and gets his tusks either from African governments from naturally expired elephants (the money goes back into preserves, supposedly) and from estate sales here in the states. African governments = totally trustworthy:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blingdogg Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 African governments = totally trustworthy:thu: Same goes for any government anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 hobo is great for dobro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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