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Old 01-13-2018, 09:22 AM
martingitdave martingitdave is offline
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Originally Posted by MaurysMusic View Post
#nomoretears

You can sand the bottom of the saddle and install a UST just like you do on a short saddle. You just need to make sure that the core of the saddle is squeezing down on the UST and the wings are not impeding the downward pressure. Sand the center core of the saddle almost the thickness of the UST, if that makes sense. In this scenario, the wings of the saddle will be floating slightly.

UNMODIFIED saddle:


Sand the area "painted" green below, where the UST will sit:


Saddle pics courtesy of http://www.chrisalsopguitar.co.uk (from a quick Google search).
Thanks! That's precisely what I had envisioned. I saw some examples online of people splitting the saddle into three pieces and gluing the ends in the make a slot. I didn't like that idea.
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