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Saddle 2011-11-07 Id:27 ChrisAlsopGuitar

Current Price: £22.50

Classical Saddle with Curve

Most classical guitars have flat fretboards, and so the more common saddle has a straight slope. A curved classical saddle will raise the centre strings by a fraction which can be beneficial for the right hand technique especially strumming type actions and rasgueado. The height increase in the middle is small enough to make little difference to the left hand fret action. Some classical guitars have a slight radiused fretboard and therefore require a curved saddle to ensure even action on the left hand across the string set.

Length 80mm. Width 3mm. Height In Middle 6.5mm. Height At Low E 5.5mm. Height At High e 4.5mm. Right Handed. No Compensation.

Saddle 2025-05-22 Id:369

Current Price: £25.49

1940's Gibson Saddle

This saddle for a 1940 Gibson guitar presented me with a lot of challenges. It is very long at 98mm and not very tall with max height of 3.5mm, all on a tight radius of 12 inches. This means that the high e end of the saddle is only a little taller than the depth of the 1.5mm saddle slot. Hence, the saddle had to be curved where the string contact is (middle 54mm), but then the ends were required to be just high enough to fill the saddle slot at 1.5mm tall. The rigidity of our in-house processed bone meant that the very low ends of the saddle could be fabricated with relative ease.

Length 98mm. Width 3mm. Height In Middle 3.5mm. Height At Low E 3.0mm. Height At High e 1.5mm. Radius 12 inch. Right Handed.

Saddle 2025-05-21 Id:368 Gibson 1940's

Current Price: £25.64

Compensated Saddle in Bone

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

Length 71mm. Width 3mm. Height In Middle 10mm. Radius 12 inches. Height Change low E to high E 1.5mm. Right Handed.

Saddle 2025-05-20 Id:370

Current Price: £28.13

Seagull Style Bone Guitar Saddle

This profile is fixed and modelled to fit a 16 inch radius fretboard and has a 1.25mm drop off from low E ot high e. 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.

Length 73mm. Width 3.3mm. Height In Middle 8.5mm. Right Handed.

Saddle 2025-05-20 Id:371

Current Price: £23.91

Low Classical Saddle

My hand carving challenge for long classical saddles is to achieve a flat base. This ensures efficient acoustic coupling of the vibrating strings to the guitar top via the bridge slot. In these two saddles, manufactured by me in April 2025, the length is about 80mm. With the minimum height of just over 3.5mm, achieving the slightly sloped top height change is exacting. Our in-house processed and aged bone enables me to attain such geometries and deliver acoustic performance – the bone carves and polishes extremely well and sounds great.

Length 80 mm. Width 3.0 mm. Height In Middle Saddle 1: 4.0mm. Saddle 2: 4.65 mm. Right Handed. No Compensation.

Saddle 2025-04-04 Id:367

Current Price: £25.49

Left Handed Guitar Bone Saddle