bone saddle for electric guitar
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bone saddle for electric guitar
Got tired of breaking high E strings, so made this bone saddle this morning:
Hopefully that does the trick! I've been going through high Es like crazy.
Hopefully that does the trick! I've been going through high Es like crazy.
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I have Graphtec in another guitar, and they're good, but I've got plenty of (cow) bone and thought this would be more fun. There doesn't seem to be any commercial version out there... you'd think people would want to try out different materials for bridges for their tonal properties. Not that I hear much difference... maybe a bit brighter with more clarity, but it's subtle.
Maybe because all the guitar companies except Martin are owned by one all powerful vegan?
If you are interested in weird product in you guitars, we have a local luthier does elkhorn and stuff in his for knobs and inlays etc.
http://zuniguitars.com/tuners.html
If you are interested in weird product in you guitars, we have a local luthier does elkhorn and stuff in his for knobs and inlays etc.
http://zuniguitars.com/tuners.html
The previous statement is from a guy who records his own, and other projects for fun. No money is made.
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Thanks. Nothing special... just a dremel with an emory wheel and a drill, starting with a blank meant for an acoustic saddle or a nut. Traced the saddle I was replacing on the bone with pencil and cut it out, drilled the hole, then screwed the screw in and out with a ratchet screwdriver to tap the threads. Took about a half an hour... if I were to do it again, it'd go a bit quicker.
I imagine the strings were breaking at that end of the guitar, eh?
The one thing I'd worry about here is that if I'm not mistaken, the string ground is usually connected to the saddle posts (as opposed to the stopbar posts). In this particular case, there's connectivity via the stopbar>other strings>saddle so that when you're only touching the high E you should still get some benefit, but if all six saddles were bone...
The one thing I'd worry about here is that if I'm not mistaken, the string ground is usually connected to the saddle posts (as opposed to the stopbar posts). In this particular case, there's connectivity via the stopbar>other strings>saddle so that when you're only touching the high E you should still get some benefit, but if all six saddles were bone...
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