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Old 12-10-2012, 03:22 PM
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Wood just doesn't have the hardness to combat the pressure and 'aggresiveness' of both wound strings and thin unwound ones. The string is going to start to create a groove its own size - and that's bad for stiction reasons. The nut slot should be slightly wider than the string occupying that slot. Wood is just not a suitable material. It works as a bridge/saddle material because the majoritory of string slippage and movement happens at the 'take-up' end of the guitar ie where the tuners are. Bone and such materials are much harder and allow strings to move across them without (or with much reduced) stiction and less wear; they last longer, with better performance.
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