Hi everyone!
I have had a 1987 GF30 - bld for a few years that I love. The nut and saddle have a beige / cream / brownish color, I guess due to with age, that I've never seen on any other guitar before. The rest of the guitar is not dirty from say spending decades in a heavy smoking studio.
Does anyone know what material they are made of?
I've looked at the catalogue from that era where the GFs are advertised and it is not mentionned.
A wild guess : it's some kind of plastic that reacted strangely after staying in a closed case for a very long period of time. What tends to make me think this is that thin layers of the pickguard were chipping off when I got the guitar, like the plastic material was deteriorating although the guitar is only 35 years old.
Which leads me to think the nut and saddle are plastic, and that maybe I should change them to bone. Or tusq.
I would love to know your thoughts on this.
Thanks!
I have had a 1987 GF30 - bld for a few years that I love. The nut and saddle have a beige / cream / brownish color, I guess due to with age, that I've never seen on any other guitar before. The rest of the guitar is not dirty from say spending decades in a heavy smoking studio.
Does anyone know what material they are made of?
I've looked at the catalogue from that era where the GFs are advertised and it is not mentionned.
A wild guess : it's some kind of plastic that reacted strangely after staying in a closed case for a very long period of time. What tends to make me think this is that thin layers of the pickguard were chipping off when I got the guitar, like the plastic material was deteriorating although the guitar is only 35 years old.
Which leads me to think the nut and saddle are plastic, and that maybe I should change them to bone. Or tusq.
I would love to know your thoughts on this.
Thanks!