Ways to temporarily avoid a neck reset?

[JLS]

permanent changes that will leave the guitar compromised when the neck reset actually has to be done.

I agree. If you're not going to do a reset, suck it up & play slide, until you're ready to bite the bullet.

[John Arnold]

I'd grab a new saddle, something Micarta or Tusq,

Or bone. IMHO plastic saddles are a waste of time.

[clinchriver]

Originally Posted by John Arnold

Or bone. IMHO plastic saddles are a waste of time.

And a waste of Tone.

[sfden1]

Originally Posted by stratokatsu

I've read through this thread pretty quickly and I don't think I've seen this suggestion...

What about buying a saddle and cutting it down to a level that makes the guitar useful until you can afford the reset? Save the original saddle for the sake of the sound it helps you get, plus you mentioned liking to keep things original. You could simply drop it back in when it's time for the reset.

I am certainly no luthier, but these other solutions seem a bit dramatic and I would guess, somewhat expensive by comparison, not to mention to me, they seem like permanent changes that will leave the guitar compromised when the neck reset actually has to be done.

I'd grab a new saddle, something Micarta or Tusq, shape it carefully, sand off the bottom until your action is improved and leave everything else on the guitar alone until you can afford the reset.

Good on you for realizing what the rest of us missed. I assumed that the saddle was as low as it would go. Apparently everyone else did too. Reading back through the thread, the OP never say's that. Duh First thing is to lower the saddle. OP, has that been done?

Dennis

[stratokatsu]

I don't disagree with using a bone saddle as a sub until the original saddle can be put back in at the point of neck reset, but my suggestion was intending to keep the cost down as much as possible. The more the OP spends on a bandaid now means the longer he waits until he can afford the neck reset.

[John Arnold]

my suggestion was intending to keep the cost down as much as possible.

Point well taken, but the cost of a bone saddle blank is pretty small compared to the time required to fit it to the guitar.