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12-08-2008, 08:20 AM
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Composite Acoustics Xi - Lowering Saddle
The fine folks at CA sent me a few saddles, as I was interested in lowering the action... I attempted the project yesterday, and the results are amazing !... I lowered the action approx. 1/16th at both the low and high E strings... instead of traditional sandpaper to file the saddle, I used a pre-cut drywall sanding pad, and taped it down to my workbench... it's a piece about 10" long, and made sanding a breeze !... from the stock saddles CA provided, I only had to remove a fraction of the width thickness, but had to remove about 1/4" on the height...
My CA sings now !... the action is extremely low and I still have zero fret buzz !... I strung it up with Light-Medium Elixir Nano's (12-56) and highly recommend the gage for anyone wanting to keep their low end, with the ability to still play lead/picking on the higher strings... Still love these CA's... so does the environment, as they keep trees planted ! Kev.
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12-28-2008, 12:51 PM
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Was wondering your or anyones amped set up with the 5i, 7i, GXi and new Xi? Thanks.
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YUP.... Emerald: X-20, Center hole X-10 (Maple) and X-7 (redwood), Spalted Chen Chen X 10 level 3, CA: Early OX and Cargo McPherson: Early Kevin Michael Proto Some wood things by Epi, Harmony, Takamine, Good Time, PRS, Slick, Gypsy Music, keyboards, wind controllers.. etc
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