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Old 10-08-2010, 06:48 AM
Wade Hampton Wade Hampton is offline
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I've had a couple of guitars where I disliked the change in tone when I had bone saddles installed, notably on my black walnut and Engelmann spruce Larrivée OM-03W. In both those instances, I went back to the original synthetic saddles.

But those are the exception that prove the rule, so far as I'm concerned. On all my other instruments I've preferred bone appointments. So it's something I routinely have done on all my instruments.

I can also hear a subtle but audible difference when the nut is changed out to bone, as well. On those guitars where I've returned to synthetic saddles, I've always kept the new bone nuts.

But there's no question that the saddle is the single most important piece of the entire equation. The nut is considerably down the list in comparison.

Hope this helps.


Wade Hampton Miller
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