Hey Guitar Repair and Mod gurus

[Dan Hall]

What do you guys do that's not permanent to ameliorate some of the inherent problems with the Gibson adjustable bridge?

Or is it just a permanent defect?

[GrandStation76]

Wow! You know if that was made from bone or ivory, it would be LOUD! Thats a very thick looking saddle, unless its just the pic that gives that appearance. I know if you could find a saddle blank that big, it would very very easy to copy. It might even make a guitar you didn't even know was in there.

I'm no Gibson expert by any stretch of the imagination, but can I ask what "inherent problems" you experiencing? Looks like pretty good break angles, but intonation probably isn't as well as it could be, hey? Unless the massive angle helps that.

[Dan Hall]

Wow! You know if that was made from bone or ivory, it would be LOUD! Thats a very thick looking saddle, unless its just the pic that gives that appearance. I know if you could find a saddle blank that big, it would very very easy to copy. It might even make a guitar you didn't even know was in there. I'm no Gibson expert by any stretch of the imagination, but can I ask what "inherent problems" you experiencing? Looks like pretty good break angles, but intonation probably isn't as well as it could be, hey? Unless the massive angle helps that.

Naw, misdirection GS. It's an Ebay git and I'm just fighting my GAS just like the rest of us:) I've just never liked the adjustable Gibson bridge on acoustics for tone. Play one of the old timers if you get a chance and I think you'll find there's a weakness there that the solid traditional saddles don't suffer.

[GrandStation76]

I have a Harmoney acoustic that had a plastic saddle glued into the bridge, maybe a little more than 2cm deep, that I took to a local luthier, and he popped out the saddle used a router widen the slot to what a standard Martin is at, maybe a 1/4 inch deep, and the saddle replaced with bone Maybe you could have something similar done? If you weren't concerned about keeping it original. I'm willing to bet though that if the saddle was copied from bone or Ivory, it would be a whole different story. only tough part would be to drill it to have screw holes, but luthiers probably could do that, the saddle you could make yourself probably in about 30-40 minutes tops. It would be a fun experiment at least!