This ace Aria Elecord was recently in the workshop for a setup involving a new saddle, the guitar had 12 inch fingerboard radius and a 9.5 inch saddle. This lead to pretty much unplayable action.
The solution was a new hand carved bone saddle made, matching the 12 inch fingerboard radius, allowing a much easier playable action!
The solution was a new hand carved bone saddle made, matching the 12 inch fingerboard radius, allowing a much easier playable action!
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The original plastic saddle, you can clearly see the tall action due to the radius of the saddle.
   |   The process of the new saddle being made, the new saddle was hand cut and shaped out of bone.The original plastic saddle was broken in several places so was due for a replacement anyway. The radius of the new saddle was shaped to the exact radius of the fingerboard, giving a much more even action across all the strings. Once the radius was set, the compensation for the intonation was filed into the new saddle, the old saddle is used as a template to ensure the correct intonation, with final tweaks being done if needed once the guitar has been restrung with fresh strings. |
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With the new saddle fitted, the guitar was detail cleaned and restrung before being ready for the customer to collect.
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