Any issues with this saddle?

[drakoryn]

I bought a bone saddle to replace an old broken plastic saddle.

However it turns out the replacement is slightly shorter than the bridge slot, thus leaving a gap as per the picture below. Do you guys think it will cause any issues?

[Brucebubs]

Check out my recent similar thread.
https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=540100

[DenverSteve]

Cause issues? Probably not. It wouldn't be acceptable on my guitars as it could shift and doesn't look right and isn't how it should be. I would measure precisely and order a saddle that fits properly.

[Graham H]

The only concern I would have is that your bass response might be affected. Have you compared the base response with both the new and old saddles, you should have more bottom just from switching to bone anyway, but...are you sacrificing the improvement in tone that you should have gained with the bone saddle by not filling the bridge saddle slot because the new saddle is not long enough ??? (you have to read that a couple times slow...lol) Good luck !!!

[ii Cybershot ii]

One "issue" would be with getting it lined up during string changes. Otherwise you could get lots of little grooves in the saddle and actually if you strum hard enough in these shallow grooves the string can skip grooves and throw you slightly out of tune. Usually a string finds a groove it likes and ends up staying there after a while so just be sure to check that a string is in it's home groove when you restring.

The flip side of this is that a string could come out of the bridge hole at an angle to it's groove if you don't line it up right. I suppose this could cause some issue...?

[RustyAxe]

I don't see a problem. Take care to center the saddle if it shifts when changing strings. I'd be making a new saddle, personally, but only for aesthetics.

[Monsoon1]

It almost looks like the saddle slot was routed to far on the low E side.

[Wade Hampton]

Th saddle should fit snugly into the slot. I wouldn't be happy with that fit.


whm

[Aaron Smith]

I don't like the looks of it, but in truth it probably sounds fine and doesn't affect the tone (much).

[maxtheaxe]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

Th saddle should fit snugly into the slot. I wouldn't be happy with that fit.


whm

+1 on this. If it were mine, I'd just order a saddle from Bob Colosi; depending on what guitar this is, he might have one that would be slightly on the "proud" side of a correct fit, likely needing a minimal amount of sanding to get a nice, perfect drop-in fit, and be fairly inexpensive.

[Steadfastly]

No, not going to likely be a problem except visually it would bother me. For the price of a saddle, I would replace it.