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I had an interesting experience this week with my ’32 National Style O. Another musician was doing a house concert here and he had the same model and year of National guitar with one difference—he had replaced the maple biscuit and saddle with an ebony biscuit and bone saddle (glued with a screw).

His guitar was noticeably brighter, with a clearer high end. It was a dramatic comparison because the guitars were about 6 months apart in age and identical in every way. And unlike wooden guitars, metal body guitars are made with identical materials so there is no variation there. Both guitars had new National cones. Pretty dramatic difference. I am going to look into having this done to my guitar.