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bauerhillboy
Posted 2008-01-07 2:45 PM (#63103)
Subject: Bone saddle blank: help


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My 1115 has a plastic saddle which I want to replace with bone. None of the online sources I see have one big enough; maybe someone here is more resourceful than I am.

I need 1/8"x9/16"x3".

I'm putting K&K p/u's in and I want the best transference of vibration I can get. It wouldn't necessarily have to be bone; I just want something better than plastic.

John <>{
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cliff
Posted 2008-01-07 2:50 PM (#63104 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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A Tusq saddle will fit. I put one in my Pacemaker.

Keep in mind, that you DO have to cut/shave down the "height" yourself . . . they don't come by size "off the rack" . . .
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Jeff W.
Posted 2008-01-07 2:51 PM (#63105 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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Good Selection Bone Saddles
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G8r
Posted 2008-01-07 2:54 PM (#63106 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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Try Colosi's Custom Guitar Saddles . He has oversize and custom size saddle blanks in bone, elephant ivory, west african hard ivory, and walrus ivory (sadly, no fossilized whale penis).
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brainslag
Posted 2008-01-07 3:42 PM (#63107 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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You'll want a bone nut too. The old Adamas' had them, not sure of the new ones. Maybe the factory has some?
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Beal
Posted 2008-01-07 4:03 PM (#63108 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help



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stoomak
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Phil Wong
Posted 2008-01-07 4:05 PM (#63109 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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Or Stomach?
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Mitchrx
Posted 2008-01-07 4:39 PM (#63110 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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I once spent several hours sanding and fitting a bone saddle in a 1111 Balladeer. The blank was a lot thicker than the slot and required much work to get it evenly to the right thickness. The final fit was perfect, nice and tight. After doing it I was disappointed that there was no difference in the tone of the guitar, at least to my ear.

I know some here will disagree, but to me replacing the standard plastic saddle with a bone one is a lot of pain with little to no gain.
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bauerhillboy
Posted 2008-01-07 6:00 PM (#63111 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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Everywhere I look...even StewMac...nobody has a saddle 7/16" high. They all go to 15/32".
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an4340
Posted 2008-01-07 6:13 PM (#63112 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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I went thru this exercise a few years ago. You gotta be some kinda machine to hear the difference. I think it helps, but it's incremental. Buy hey, you can say you got one made out of bone. In terms of bragging rights you win.
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Jeff W.
Posted 2008-01-07 6:24 PM (#63113 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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From my link above... Mammoth Ivory Nut/Saddle Combo:

Fossilized "Wooly Mammoth" Ivory Nut and saddle blank combo. Saddle...4" Long 1/2" Tall 1/8" Wide. Nut...2 1/16" Long 1/2" Tall 1/4" Wide.
Buy Now
$45.95

-This is why I don't post helpful guitar related comments anymore...

... next we'll be hearing it's too much money.
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cliff
Posted 2008-01-07 6:28 PM (#63114 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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I think his initial post said he was looking for 9/16" . . .
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Jeff W.
Posted 2008-01-07 6:38 PM (#63115 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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Just because I don't read other people's posts carefully,

... doesn't mean that they shouldn't be paying strict attention to mine.

( 7/16" mentioned later)
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bauerhillboy
Posted 2008-01-07 8:19 PM (#63116 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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I do need 9/16";however, I think I'll hold out for the fossilized whale penis.

John <>{
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GVJIM
Posted 2008-01-07 9:32 PM (#63117 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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somebody should start making titanium saddles and nuts - so we don't have to replace them
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FlicKreno aka Solid Top
Posted 2008-01-07 9:41 PM (#63118 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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somebody should start making titanium saddles and nuts - so we don't have to replace them
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I say ..make `em of strontium-ferrite magnetic material , keeps them strings firmly in place..
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CrimsonLake
Posted 2008-01-07 11:03 PM (#63119 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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I just changed out the saddles and nut on my strat with GraphTek. We'll see how it goes. Even though the nut was supposed to be precut for a strat, I still had to do some sanding to get it to fit properly.
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G8r
Posted 2008-01-08 7:35 AM (#63120 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
I do need 9/16";however, I think I'll hold out for the fossilized whale penis.

John <>{
Colosi also sells ebony saddle shim kits (links on the left hand side of his page). This guy's products have been discussed (positively) quite a bit over on the Takamine board. You can send him your saddle and he'll make one custom from it as a model, from an oversize blank.

Personally, I'd wait for the fossilized T. rex penis - talk about a killer sound.
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Northcountry
Posted 2008-01-08 6:20 PM (#63121 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help
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Speaking of guitar parts.....Mike did you ever get that walnut bridge cover on the deacon? or was it a Breadwinner?? Please post a photo if so. that guitar should look pretty cool.

Randy
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CrimsonLake
Posted 2008-01-08 7:47 PM (#63122 - in reply to #63103)
Subject: Re: Bone saddle blank: help


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Someday Randy.... Someday :rolleyes:
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