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Originally Posted by seamusknives
I've had my Taylor 616 ( no electronics) now for a few months. The factory setup is good but can be improved on for fingerstyle, I think. I'm considering lowering the action just a bit by replacing the original micarta saddle with a new, slightly lower saddle. The consensus seems to be that Taylor uses the micarta saddle mostly to benefit their electronics due to it's consistency and density properties. Since I purposely went against the more common trend and have no electronics, would a bone saddle be an improvement?
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If you are replacing the saddle my opinion is it should be replaced with a quality bone or better material. Tusq and Micarta are fine materials but are used because they are well suited for bulk production, and also for health reasons in the factory (its not healthy to breath bone dust).