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Taylor - Mismatch Between FB Radius and Saddle?
This video says some Taylors come with a Tusq saddle that's radiused at 9.5", while Taylor's fretboards are radiused at 14".
I measured my '14 Ltd and (stock) it's got the "wave" saddle, not the standard Tusq one show in the video, and it appears to be the proper radius. Any Taylor-focused readers have any intell if there is such a mismatch on at least some guitars, and, if so, why Taylor would do that? |
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I generally raise the saddle on the middle strings a bit to get the lowest action without buzzing. That is accomplished with a saddle that has a smaller radius than the fingerboard.
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Not that it particularly matters to your question, but Taylor acoustic guitar necks are made with a 15" radius (not 14" as the guy in the video says).
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Another voice is a luthier local to me, who takes the position the saddle and FB radius should match to be "ideal" to "play consistently across all of the strings," and that a curvier saddle yields a more "awkward" feeling/playing guitar. |
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I also double-checked my '14 Ltd, and checked my '10 GC5 (bought used, but looks like the original tusq saddle), and both seem to have saddles that match the FB radius. |
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I haven't got the maths clear in my mind but I wonder if when bending a curved surface (adding relief to a fretboard) the effect at the egdes is different to the effect in the middle? And this is why having the middle strings sitting up a little works? I'm not sure about this as I have trouble picturing what's going on.
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