string tree change?

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Northside Jimmy
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string tree change?

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Why does the newer metal string tree seem cheap to me? I just don't like the looks of it.
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huck
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Re: string tree change?

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+1, I like the old ones better!, these new ones are what you would see in a MM tele?
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willross
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I use Tusq trees. This one is bone white and matches the nut and pickguard too...

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because it is...
Just sayin (my .02)

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huck
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willross wrote:I use Tusq trees. This one is bone white and matches the nut and pickguard too...

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Will
I didn't know tusq made string tree's, thanks! i'm on it..
Boogie Bill
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I agree, the new tree is ####!

You can order the Graph-Tech trees thru Stewart-MacDonald.

Bill
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huck
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Bill'
Thanks for the info!
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astutzmann
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actually you can also order them direct. I have ordered string trees and nuts from them, work great.
http://www.graphtech.com/products.html
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willross
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I also ordered direct...


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