Ordered the blank from my local luthier, used a couple of small files, some 800 grit Wet or Dry (sandpaper) and the marble chopping block in the kitchen!



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  Looks very nice. Install it and check the intonation, then let us know if it works as good as it looks.

Quote from: obe-wan on May 07, 2009, 08:22:35 AM
Ordered the blank from my local luthier, used a couple of small files, some 800 grit Wet or Dry (sandpaper) and the marble chopping block in the kitchen!

:+1: Looks great Scott! I made an ivory saddle for one of my guits, and playing it knowing there's that personal touch, is like catching a trout on a home made fly.

Cool!  

I feel I should warn ya though, that is exactly how the sickness starts. Its innocuous, at first, and then suddenly you have multiple half finished projects running and you are on ebay or in Goodwill and pawn shops looking for the next fifty dollar guitar to rip apart and fix back up! As far as I know there is no cure for the sickness, just maintanence which requires, well see the above description!

Quote from: GA-ME on May 07, 2009, 08:54:18 AM
Cool!  

I feel I should warn ya though, that is exactly how the sickness starts. Its innocuous, at first, and then suddenly you have multiple half finished projects running and you are on ebay or in Goodwill and pawn shops looking for the next fifty dollar guitar to rip apart and fix back up! As far as I know there is no cure for the sickness, just maintenance which requires, well see the above description!

You got that right...

Yeah Danny, I'm at my fiance's University library, at the moment, waiting for it to get late enough for Sicklerville Lumber in neighboring N.J. to open up so I can get a block of Mahogany to rebuild an old neck dovetail joint and a 2 foot by 2 foot by 2 inch block of Maple to make a Porchboard for our harmonica player to use to double my boom-chick and such! It is really fun messin up, er I mean, repairing old instruments!

Quote from: GA-ME on May 07, 2009, 09:05:50 AM
Yeah Danny, I'm at my fiance's University library, at the moment, waiting for it to get late enough for Sicklerville Lumber in neighboring N.J. to open up so I can get a block of Mahogany to rebuild an old neck dovetail joint and a 2 foot by 2 foot by 2 inch block of Maple to make a Porchboard for our harmonica player to use to double my boom-chick and such! It is really fun messin up, er I mean, repairing old instruments!

I thought you were on the West coast. I'm heading to Philadelphia in two weeks, are you near there?

Danny, I am about an hour and fifteen minutes south of Philly! If you will be in Philly on the 16th of May you should come on down and check us out. Our trio is opening for Rory Block on May 16th, in Dover Delaware, which is about an hour and a half south of Philly! You can check us out live and the way I hear it that Rory chick and a half bad guitarist either! :bgrin:

Quote from: GA-ME on May 07, 2009, 09:20:49 AM
Danny, I am about an hour and fifteen minutes south of Philly! If you will be in Philly on the 16th of May you should come on down and check us out. Our trio is opening for Rory Block on May 16th, in Dover Delaware, which is about an hour and a half south of Philly! You can check us out live and the way I hear it that Rory chick and a half bad guitarist either! :bgrin:

We'll be there from, the 20th thru the 26th.

Dan, pm me and perhaps we can get together for a bit. Grab a Jimmy's cheese steak, hit South Street, and then pick a tune or two. I'll be back in classes again, but I have a light schedule for summer sessions and could easily get to Philly or the general vacinity.

Quote from: GA-ME on May 07, 2009, 09:27:22 AM
Dan, pm me and perhaps we can get together for a bit. Grab a Jimmy's cheese steak, hit South Street, and then pick a tune or two. I'll be back in classes again, but I have a light schedule for summer sessions and could easily get to Philly or the general vacinity.

OK I'll catch ya later on.

Quote from: dependan on May 07, 2009, 08:30:56 AM
  Looks very nice. Install it and check the intonation, then let us know if it works as good as it looks.

Saddle in, had to do an action height adjustment with the treble side needing more material removed than the Bass side. Sound is typical of bone, more volume, clear, bell like sustain etc. Im sure most of you reading this know the sound difference a bone saddle makes. The jury is out however if it sounds better. I sway between the bone and Tusq saddles. Plugged in it sounds great, having a Fishman Matrix Natural pickup in it. Intonation is good as far as my ear can determine, although I dont play right up the dusty end of the neck all that much.

Cheers, Scott.

Quote from: Zohn on May 07, 2009, 08:38:12 AM
:+1: Looks great Scott! I made an ivory saddle for one of my guits, and playing it knowing there's that personal touch, is like catching a trout on a home made fly.

Never though of it that way. Yeah, it does make me proud !


Cheers, Scott.