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Location: Florida | After a year of playing... maybe 4 sets of strings, I've noticed the high E and B strings have cut a little into the saddle.
Was a bit worried when I started getting some buzz at mid neck, say frets 5-12, on the two plain strings. Relief is about 1/64 or so. Checked high E string elevation at fret 12 and its about 3.5 64ths, under the minimum Ovation suggests (4/64 or 2/32). I remember checking it when new and it was just OVER 2/32 or maybe 4.5/64s and didn't buzz a bit. Yes I have the shims to put in there and can cut any thickness I like from stainless or brass stock too. I like a fairly low action (of course).
Ok, so the only thing I can see is the plain strings have a decent groove in the saddle, whereas the wound strinds have a bit of a scratch in the saddle that they ride in. Even the G string is a bit deeper in the saddle than the D, A and G
I can sorta see that the point of the saddle would tend to get "cut a bit" until there was a bit more surface area to support the string.
The question is.... is this a sort of normal thing? |
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February 2005
Posts: 349
Location: Snellville, GA | The strings will cut into the saddle. As a matter of
fact my saddle on my balladeer had grooves when I bought it from GC. I kept finding it harder to tune from the onboard tuner so I ordered a new one from the Mothership (they sent it for free). The shape was a little different from the original. Had to remove a shim but got the action set to factory specs. The point is now my intonation problems went away. No grooves and action is perfect for my taste.
Thank you Ovation. |
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November 2003
Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | This is common.
If the cuts effect the break angle of the string over the saddle you should have it replaced/repaired (zap a gap) |
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saddle question....