8 years ago I did a whole thing about 3D printed guitar nuts. The short answer is that I absolutely do not care about what a nut is made of. I don't care about bone nuts, brass nuts, nuts made from prehistoric fossilized antlers, whatever.
What I do care about is intonation compensation at the nut.
So I made a 3D printed nut for the Martin D-28 and I experimented with making them out of PLA and ABS plastics and sound-quality-wise it didn't make any difference.
Well, it's 8 years later and something happened.
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| Melted guitar nut. |
Now, what actually happened here? A couple years ago the bridge split in half. It really bummed me out. I took it to 30th Street Guitars and they did an amazing job fixing it. But I was still kinda depressed about the whole thing having happened and I left the guitar in its case for at least a year. When I opened the case to play the guitar again, I found the bridge in the above shape.
Also, some of the finish of the guitar had reacted with the fuzzy stuff inside the case. I presume it got very hot inside the case at some point to do all that. It kinda bums me out. Again.
It seems that case reaction is a thing.
It may be a reaction to using a silicone polish like Pledge. That could be a problem I didn't know I was introducing as I normally wipe down guitar and then put them up on a wall. But if I were to wipe it down and put in a case? Ugh.
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