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Originally Posted by valleyguy
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I wouldn't day that the sound is "better" with the bone saddle, just different. If Martin felt a bone saddle sounded "better", the extra $10 for the bone saddle wouldn't stop them.
It's all in what sound you're looking for.
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The $10 isn't what's stopping them. Everything 16 series and under are mass production models. Unlike Tusq which is easily mass produced, bone and ivory saddles take time to shape. And time = money.
The reason the 1, 15, and 16 series guitars are so cheap is because they cut little things that don't really matter as much.