I'm not really liking the wooden nut and saddle so I decided to switch to bone or synthetic bone material, but I'm not sure where to order it from or what sizes to get.
Can anyone help me out?
Can anyone help me out?
How would micarta compare to bone for the nut? I swapped the saddle on my KPK for a bone one and I'm not entirely happy with the nut since it seems to make tuning a bit harder.
Bone, being harder, is going to give you a brighter sound while Micarta is more mellow, similar to true ivory. Not sure why tuning with a bone nut would be any more difficult..........
You hit it right on the nose. It's not the sound that I'm complaining about, but the way it makes tuning a bit of a chore. I usually have to press on the C and E strings between the nut and tuning peg when they're getting close to being in tune. I don't know if filing them a tad wider than the strings will help. If it does, then I might go back to the rosewood saddle.He swapped the saddle, but doesn't sound like he swapped the nut. My guess would be he doesn't like how the rosewood nut on the KPK tunes (I've heard people complain about the strings not adjusting smoothly).