estebanana -> RE: Fantastic video on inlaying bone in wood (Nov. 10 2024 2:38:01)
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ORIGINAL: Stephen Eden quote:
That’s interesting, but not really useful to guitar makers because of the labor time vs. the actual savings. It more expensive labor wise to process bone yourself than to buy it processed and dimensioned close to the final nut. We’re trying to make a living, not prove that we can ‘live off the land’. It’s simply not cost effective to process your own bone. It’s also an awful process. You could always up charge for the organically cleaned bone nuts and saddles. $3 dollars for a regular saddle $300 for the organically cleaned saddle. Even with the caveat that it may sound worse I bet people would want that. I'll let one of the more arty types try that out. I like this, adding you could have a tiered system of up charge for in house bone production. Artisan Bone either buried for 60 days, or left in the mountains where eagles clean the meat from the bones and insects do the fine cleaning. Like in Tibet where the deceased humans are taken to a special mesa and cut into pieces for the eagles to eat. It’s called ‘sky burial’ because the ground is too hard and stony to dig graves in. You could have 300€ Earth Cleaned Bone or 500€ Sky Burial Bone, and you donate 60€ to Free Tibet every time the customer selects Sky Bone. Earth Bone gives a deep warmth the terroir of your guitar sound, while Sky Bone sings clear as an Eagles cry.
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