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Comment by Greg Brandt / Maker of Guitars on September 20, 2011 at 11:25am
Comment by Jud Hair on September 20, 2011 at 10:56am Antonio ... Hmmm ... a "shim", that would be easy enough.
John --- thanks for the input. It makes sense that "sonically" something would be impacted by changing the angle.
Comment by Antonio Cotichini on September 20, 2011 at 10:08am
Comment by John on September 20, 2011 at 9:01am
Comment by Jud Hair on September 20, 2011 at 7:36am Question about replacing a saddle ...
Last night I replaced the 7-year-old saddle on my 2005 Seagull Artist Mosaic with a new Tusq saddle. I sanded it to the correct length to fit snuggly into the slot and then I duplicated the height of the old saddle because the action was fine before.
However, the new saddle appears to be a little less "thick" than the old one. It appeared to fit nicely in the slot until the strings were tightened, then it tilted slightly forward in the bridge slot.
Is this angle likely to cause any damage to the rosewood bridge?
The guitar sounds great and plays fine. I feel sure the action is a bit lower as a result of the angle and that doesn't bother me.
I Just want to make sure that the bridge isn't in any sort of jeopardy.
What do you think ??
Comment by Jud Hair on September 19, 2011 at 2:07pm
Comment by John on September 19, 2011 at 1:41pm
Comment by Jud Hair on September 19, 2011 at 1:23pm
Comment by Edward Sparks on September 19, 2011 at 1:09pm
Comment by Jud Hair on September 19, 2011 at 11:46am Greg ... Thanks! I think you just conviced me to leave it alone and just enjoy the lovely "character" of the wood ... :-)
No way I could do without playing it for a month!! Plus all that sounds very expensive. I got the guitar for $300 ... new ones are around $1,000 or so. I guess I should be happy to have found such a bargain and just enjoy it!
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