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Old 05-03-2018, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by seamusknives View Post
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?
My wife has a 1991 510 with the pin less bridge.
She had a USP installed about a year after she got the guitar.
A few years ago I removed the pick up and installed a new bone saddle.
WOW! What an improvement.
I'm not sure which factor was most responsible for this, the removal of the USP or the replacement of the saddle.
Which ever it was, the guitar benefited greatly form the change.
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