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Richard Jernigan
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From: Austin, Texas USA
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RE: black diamond saddles (in reply to keith)
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ORIGINAL: keith the material used for the saddle is pyrolytic carbon which is quite different from tusq. here is some patent info http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20100132533 Yes, definitely not the same as Tusq. But there are dozens of forms of "pyrolytic carbon", each with its own unique properties. On their home page, all Black Diamond say is that theirs is neither graphite nor fiber, and that it's expensive to make. "Expensive" is a relative term. One of the much earlier applications of pyrolitic carbon made U.S. intercontinental missiles much more accurate than their Soviet counterparts. The nose tips of the conical warheads of U.S. missiles are made by 3-dimensionally weaving the shape with organic polymer fiber, then compressing and heating it to high temperature to drive out the non-carbon elements: pyrolysis. When the missile reenters the atmosphere, the small rounded nose tip heats up to temperatures hotter than the photosphere of the sun. It doesn't survive fully intact, but it wears off in a predictable way, largely preserving the extreme accuracy with which the guidance system delivered the warhead to its reentry point. The process was developed by General Electric, which had earlier developed a process to make diamonds. The joke was that the nose tips were a better deal for GE than the diamonds, because they were more expensive. RNJ
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Date Feb. 28 2014 19:07:56
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guthriej
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RE: black diamond saddles (in reply to estebanana)
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Estebanana, I am not the owner or even an employee yet. Bone is a huge problem tone, volume distortion etc., (string gouging not so much on nylons). I have said over, and over it is pyrolytic carbon, and it is not proprietary at all. Same carbon used in Mechanical heart valves too. People pay for tone, and have to hear this first I understand that too. We have put saddles on trash guitars, and they were respectable guitars after. Name any other product that can do that No problem at all to lower the height you just need 320, and then 600 grit silicone carbide sandpaper, and bone saddles on a steel string wear out, or need repair in about 6 months to a year if You play it. Yea bone is a prefect scam for luthier's too You are right about that. You are just ignorant nothing to be ashamed of but You will learn, and you will have to live with Your post forever too.
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Date Mar. 27 2014 1:38:15
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guthriej
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RE: black diamond saddles (in reply to estebanana)
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Estebanana, In time We will make the solid saddles, nuts, and frets for every instrument. We are still just a start up You are talking about millions of dollars in inventory, and we still don't know if the solid carbon saddles will be better than the hybrids yet. With a very small bone saddle they might. If You did not have the tall bone saddles on a Martin You would most likely never need a neck reset. No saddles are not just saddles. 19th century Martins used Ivory nuts, and saddles. Why use the BD saddles so they can sound like they should have centuries ago. Martin used ivory for nuts ,and saddles until 1975 The BD material is not very hard at all just a little harder than mild steel. Yes build the guitar very well then kill it with a muting bone saddle. Hardness is not what makes it conduct energy. The atoms, and how they bond determine how it conducts acoustic energy. A Bd saddle will last the life time or longer of the instrument. No hardness only prevents string gouging, and has very little to nothing with how it conducts energy. We have not done a Cello bridge yet but many violin bridge retrofits, and they are more open, and much louder, and sustain if You want it too.
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Date Mar. 27 2014 2:36:32
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