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Jack L. · April 25th, 2003, 09:18 AM

Hi,

A friend gave me a bunch of Corian material to try out. I've always wanted to replace the cheap plastic nut and bridge piece on my Acoustic guitar. Yesterday I made a new nut and bridge piece out of Corian, and the tone of the Acoustic improved from dull sounding to a more livelier sound with more definition. Corian is a great material to work with and polishes up well.
There's some high priced guitar companies that use Corian for their guitar nuts.

Here's a definition of what Corian is:

"Corian is an advanced composite of natural minerals and pure acrylic polymer."

Take care,
Jack L.

April 25th, 2003, 09:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
Jack L. TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Amherst, NY Posts: 56	Corian material.. Hi, A friend gave me a bunch of Corian material to try out. I've always wanted to replace the cheap plastic nut and bridge piece on my Acoustic guitar. Yesterday I made a new nut and bridge piece out of Corian, and the tone of the Acoustic improved from dull sounding to a more livelier sound with more definition. Corian is a great material to work with and polishes up well. There's some high priced guitar companies that use Corian for their guitar nuts. Here's a definition of what Corian is: "Corian is an advanced composite of natural minerals and pure acrylic polymer." Take care, Jack L.