| Brushed Aluminium Or Polished Aluminium Bridges & Nuts? |
| Brushed Aluminium |
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61% |
[ 8 ] |
| Highly Polished Aluminium |
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38% |
[ 5 ] |
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| Total Votes : 13 |
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Topic: Aluminium Bridges & Nuts |
Billy Mostyn
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 12 Mar 2016 9:07 pm |
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| Putting together some drawings for new lap steels and consoles.These will be offered for sale. Can't decide whether to have brushed aluminium bridges and nuts or polish them to a high shine. I like highly polished bridges and nuts but the lightest rub with a guitar string will show a scratch mark. I dont mind the look of brushed aluminium and there's less work involved. Just wondering if brushed aluminium or polished aluminium would be your choice if buying a newly made steel guitar. |
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Michael Maddex
From:
Northern New Mexico, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2016 7:16 am
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As general rules, I prefer brushed to polished, simple to ornate, silver to gold. That said, I have quite a few stringed instruments ranging from rather plain to quite ornate and they all get played. I suppose in the end it is the overall effect of the total look and sound.
YMMV. 
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Billy Mostyn
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 19 Mar 2016 9:29 pm
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| For the stepped aluminium keyheads I use on consoles, I have them and the bridges highly polished. On lap steels the brushed aluminium bridges and nuts still look pretty good and don't take anything away from the finish. |
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