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02-28-2011, 10:41 AM
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Saddle and shim material
Uninformed question - can certain saddle and/or shim material can make a guitar sound darker or more comperssed"? Brighter?
I switched a plastic saddle to Tusq on my Yamaha and while the sustain is much improved, the sound is noticably brighter. The guitar has sitka top and sycamore lammie b/s. I shimmed a bone nut on a Blueridge BG60 spruce top/lammie b/s with a strip of credit card and, voila, it seemed to give me a darker tone.
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02-28-2011, 11:18 AM
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Different materials can absolutely change the tone of your guitar. Now by how much depends on the material and your ears. I typically think of it as how well the material can transmit energy into the top: more dense = brighter; less dense = muddier, darker. This is not a perfect analogy but generally works.
I prefer bone saddles for their good energy transference. If you're trying to cheaply experiment with tone, try different bridge pin materials: brass, plastic, bone, wood all create different tonal qualities.
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