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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Has any guitar maker ever had a good design in a bridge that allows you to adjust the string height at the saddle? I think Gibson and Yamaha have had this feature on some of their acoustic guitars. I really wish acoustics had this, as it would do away with sanding the bottom of the saddle to lower action. Any body know of a good system like this? |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | The problem with that kind of a system on an acoustic guitar would likely be the weight of the assembly, which would have to be metal or some sort of heavy plastic. These things tend to reduce top vibration and sound quality.
The only one that I have seen is on a Carvin hybrid guitar, which is a semi hollow bodied electric with piezo pickups. I don't know how they sound, but I've seen them in the Carvin catalogs. |
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| If you've got $20000/40000 to spend try Steve Klein who makes the most fantastic acoustic bridges. Unfortunately you have to buy them with the guitar attached.
You can buy a Gibson style for and aft movement bridge off the shelf over here - but not up and down. JohnB is right - they are metal and I wouldn't think they sound too good.
Quite often it's the nut that causes these problems - a good repair man/luthier should give you an opinion on a particular guitar. I had the same problem with a jumbo that a luthier sorted out with a new nut and saddle combination that made it like a new guitar. It only cost me $90 and he tidied up the frets at the same time. |
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adjustable height saddles