Replacement Acoustic Bridge Saddle

An interesting problem, it came with no bridge saddle.  The trouble there is not having a starting point with the setup.  However, got to start somewhere, so a bone blank.  Cut if first to roughly the right length. It’s also a little thick so it needs sanding down a little… So there’s the staring point. […]

Tanglewood – Lowered action

What if the action on your acoustic is a little high?  It can be an easy fix. This one is a little high so I’m going to give it a general setup. Starting with the neck relief.  I always start that with the old strings, otherwise I’ll have to take the new ones off and […]

Martin – Intonation problem

Nice guitars these, usually much better than this, but the Intonation was rather badly out in this one. There didn’t seem to be any real reason for it so I started off with a new, compensated, bone saddle…It sorted out most of the problem, but not quite the Bass “E”.  Next I widened out the […]

Baby Taylor – action height

I just love these.  I think they’re probably the best value for money you can these days, and absolutely ideal as a starter for a youngster.  This one just has a bit of a high action. The neck set was also just a little high…so a tweek on the truss-rod….The actin at the 12th fret was way […]

Freshman – Bone Nut & Saddle

Nice 12 string, just wants a bone nut and saddle to make it into something special. I’ll make the new nut from a large blank since I don’t have one for a 12 string. First of all make sure it’s flat and square…Then shave it down to the right thickness.. Once it fits the slot […]

Yamaha – Fret dress, bone nut & saddle

A nice acoustic, just needs a little work and some extras to lift it out if the ordinary. The first thing the owner wants is a bone nut and saddle, to improve the tone a little. The nut isn’t a problem but the saddle is a very complicated shape, I’m not sure if I’m looking forward […]

EKO Saddle

These are tough old guitars, you don’t find any more solidly built.  The saddle on this one seems to have melted! I don’t know how but ‘m going to fit a new bone one. It took a bit of work to get the old saddle out, in pieces in the end. Not that it matters, […]