Compensated Bone Guitar Saddle
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This saddle is made from high density Ox bone and is for use on steel strung acoustic guitars.
These saddles are renowned to give excellent tone, playabilty and instrument projection.

Width:
Many saddle slots are 3mm wide - please select the width to ensure a good fit which will benefit the tone

Height:
The height of the saddle will determine the action (fret to string distance) - this should be about 2.6mm for low E string at 12th fret and usually a bit lower for high E string at 12th fret. A useful fact is that a change of saddle height by a certain amount - 1mm reduction for example, will make a change of half that amount - so 0.5mm at the 12th fret.

Length:
The length should fit the saddle slot and I make the ends rounded

Radius:
Fretboard for steel strung acoustics are generally curved from low E to high E - this makes it comfortable to play. The curve follows a radius and is part of a big circle. The strings must sit close to this curve so you press them down onto the fretboard easily - but if they are too close you will get a rattle. Hence the saddle - and the nut - also follows this curved profile so the strings nicely sit just above the fretboard. The radius is expressed in inches usually and is typically 12", 14 ", 16" 18" 20" or 24" - the bigger the radius the flatter the fretboard.
On this item the radius is FIXED at 18" - please see our other listings for a choice of other radius

Radius
This saddle has a FIXED curve of approx 18" radius shaped to give a saddle height reduction going from lowE to highE of 1mm. This will give an action at 12th fret reduction from low E to high E of about 0.5mm. 

(See our other listings for other radius saddles and other action reduction).

Compensation Shape
This design is one of the commonest saddle compensation designs in which

1. The string contact points of EADG lie on a diagonal from back to front of the saddle.
2. The B string is set back
3. The upper E string is set forwards.

• Maximum Height : 9.5mm
• Maximum Length : 79mm
• Maximum Width : 3.8mm

• FREE : Fitting instructions showing how best to install a saddle
• FREE : Plenty of abrasives and polishing material - the better the fit the better the tone !
• FREE : A choice of the length, width and height to fit your guitar

Acoustic guitar saddles are often shaped to provide 'compensation' - which results a better sounding and more accurate pitch of the fretted notes.

The length of each individual string is altered by adjusting the string contact point at the saddle. In turn this alters the pitch of fretted notes. On most guitars fretted notes may not vibrate at exactly the ideal pitch (a chromatic tuner will show this).  This is due to a variety of effects such as the strings stretching when pressed down into the fret.  Saddle compensation design helps to adjust the pitch of the fretted notes to be closer to the ideal.

The closer the pitch of the fretted notes is to the ideal will result in better sounding harmonies between notes (better sounding chords) and a guitar that is more in tune all the way up the fretboard. 

We perform many quality control checks during manufacture and prior to dispatch to ensure that you receive a saddle that fits your guitar to your specification. Essentially the better it fits - the better it sounds! It is highly polished - especially where the strings contact it.