What is the difference between the bone and the ebony or rosewood nut and saddle?
Bone is a harder material than either ebony or rosewood and therefore will tend to produce a slightly “brighter” sound than either ebony or rosewood. All nuts and saddles “wear” with use; the action of the strings being drawn back and forth through the slots while tuning will deepen the grooves in the nut and saddle; bone tends to last longer than ebony which will last longer than rosewood.
