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Have you tried Stewmac? http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Nuts,_saddles/Acoustic_bridge_saddles.html They have the bone substitute that Martin started using in the 60's. Otherwise, call up Sylvan Music as they're close to you (Santa Cruz) they have a good repair shop and might be willing to dip into their...

Ahoy, I've a got a Gary Southwell classical guitar w/pickup that requires phantom power. I've a got this little Trace amp that provides the needed phantom power but it seems that I can't find the right cable (1/4" that is). I know I need a balanced cable and tried one the other day but no go. I real...

Is John Golden in LA? What type of music did he master for you? And do you have any contact info?

Thanks

What would be the best way to convince a band I'm working with that having their E.P. mastered by a good quality mastering house or mastering engineer will be much better than having a friend of friend do it on their home system? I have them almost convince but they still sound skeptical at the idea...

Hello from LA! I wish I could help you out but I am way down here. So all I got is a cheery hello and good luck for you.

-Jasper

I've been utilizing the Click Plug-in in Pro Tools 6 thinking that is was all very nice and simple only to find out that it changes tempo on me for reasons I can't seem to understand. It will go fine for awhile and then simply cut the time to much slower (not even in half). The tempo marking in the ...

...also the hall the performance was recorded in is pretty noisy with a pretty noisy crowd so when I have a track break the ambience disappears and then comes back in which is what I would like to try and smooth over.

-Ryan

I don't get a pop or a click but there is an audible break between the tracks. It's not a terrible thing but I would like it better if I didn't hear the transition to the next track.

Try as I might, I can't seem to figure a way to get a seamless burn of a live Classical Guitar performance that I recorded and mastered. I have tried both Toast 6 and itunes with the track gap set to 0secs and still there is a break (that draws unwanted attention to bad room ambience) in between the...