Ways the stylus tip is attached to the cantilever


I think I may be confused on this subject. Are there only 2 ways the stylus tip can be attached? Either nude or bonded? Likely confused with the way a stylus tip is attached to the shank or the way the shank is attached to the cantilever.

My initial thinking is that with nude there is no bonded tip, but is the shank still glued or bonded to the cantilever? is it possible that a nude shank is attached to a cantilever without being bonded? Is worse case bonded tip and bonded shank?

Thanks for clarification on the subject.
bstatmeister

Showing 1 response by mulveling

I've only ever seen big blobs of glue bonding a nude diamond shank to boron and ruby/sapphire rod cantilevers. Sometimes this is quite sloppy. With aluminum pipe cantilevers, nude diamonds don't seem to need the glue. These glue-less mountings look much cleaner and may have structural/sonic advantages over a glue joint. Not sure how they do the diamond rod cantilevers, but I haven't seen a pic yet of one with sloppy glue. 

I don't think you'll ever find a bonded-tip stylus on a boron or ruby cantilever - it wouldn't make sense to pair such a low-end stylus to these exotic/expensive cantilever materials - they should always hold only nude diamonds. So I don't think you'll find any cartridges with TWO glue bond joints.