bone saddles--big difference?

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:23 pm

there isnt too much involved in installation, like just take off the string and replace it in most cases the strings hold it on

hcole · Unread post by **hcole** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:25 pm

i-am-me wrote:well i think i'm gonna go ahead and do this...but i'm too afraid to do it myself. i coudln't live with myself if i ruined my guitar. lol.

is 50 bucks too much to ask for a bone saddle installation?

is this including the saddle? If it is then it seems to be a reasonable deal. If it's installation only you should be able to get it done for less than that.

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:35 pm

hahaha i just read the beginning of the thread, i was a pompous ass! imean what i said was true, but damn.

when i did say that i had only read abouth the subject, since then i have actually done one and the stuff about messing up the in saddle pickup is hard to do... its just a metal plate all you have to do is make sure its centered and the whole saddle is touching it.

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:29 pm

hcole wrote:
i-am-me wrote:well i think i'm gonna go ahead and do this...but i'm too afraid to do it myself. i coudln't live with myself if i ruined my guitar. lol.

is 50 bucks too much to ask for a bone saddle installation?
is this including the saddle? If it is then it seems to be a reasonable deal. If it's installation only you should be able to get it done for less than that.

what do you mean? i'm going to give him my guitar, and he will give it back to me in however long with a bone saddle in it. if you mean is he going to make it, i assume so.

sunglassesatnight · Unread post by **sunglassesatnight** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:00 pm

i-am-me wrote:
hcole wrote:
i-am-me wrote:well i think i'm gonna go ahead and do this...but i'm too afraid to do it myself. i coudln't live with myself if i ruined my guitar. lol.

is 50 bucks too much to ask for a bone saddle installation?
is this including the saddle? If it is then it seems to be a reasonable deal. If it's installation only you should be able to get it done for less than that.
what do you mean? i'm going to give him my guitar, and he will give it back to me in however long with a bone saddle in it. if you mean is he going to make it, i assume so.

He's asking if that's saddle+installation, or if it's just installation.

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:05 pm

saddle plus installation.

hcole · Unread post by **hcole** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:31 am

i-am-me wrote:saddle plus installation.

sounds reasonable then.

czech · Unread post by **czech** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:22 pm

hcole wrote:
i-am-me wrote:saddle plus installation.
sounds reasonable then.

good deal. is the saddle pre fabbed or is he going to make you one?

If it is a pre-fabbed one you might want to find out if he is going to shave the bottom at all to get your action how you want it. I mean, you need to do it now if you plan on doing it.

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:30 pm

czech wrote:
hcole wrote:
i-am-me wrote:saddle plus installation.
sounds reasonable then.
good deal. is the saddle pre fabbed or is he going to make you one?

If it is a pre-fabbed one you might want to find out if he is going to shave the bottom at all to get your action how you want it. I mean, you need to do it now if you plan on doing it.

well i just called him and he said that he's making it himself. and he said it matter of factly...."oh of course..." i really like this guy. he's been in this business for a long long time and he does a lot of professional repair work for martin and other brands. he's even done work for a shit load of very famous guitarists.

he said that a set up is 60 bucks, so that would go on top of the bone saddle if i want to do that. i'm gonna take it in, and he'll take a look and we'll see from there i think. i'm excited.

hcole · Unread post by **hcole** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:50 pm

i-am-me wrote:
czech wrote:
hcole wrote:
i-am-me wrote:saddle plus installation.
sounds reasonable then.
good deal. is the saddle pre fabbed or is he going to make you one?

If it is a pre-fabbed one you might want to find out if he is going to shave the bottom at all to get your action how you want it. I mean, you need to do it now if you plan on doing it.
well i just called him and he said that he's making it himself. and he said it matter of factly...."oh of course..." i really like this guy. he's been in this business for a long long time and he does a lot of professional repair work for martin and other brands. he's even done work for a shit load of very famous guitarists.

he said that a set up is 60 bucks, so that would go on top of the bone saddle if i want to do that. i'm gonna take it in, and he'll take a look and we'll see from there i think. i'm excited.

whose doing the work? Frank Ford?

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:06 pm

dave neely.

CBalvarez · Unread post by **CBalvarez** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:51 pm

How did this even become a discussion about under saddle pickups? She just wanted to know if bone saddles make a difference.

yes lol. and it shouldn't be too expensive to have some one at a shop do it for you, if not free. Sanding them down to make sure the action is right on your guitar is the only tricky part.

and you are an ASS praisedave :lol:

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:44 pm

just got my guitar back....happy so far. but havent gotten too much time.

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:50 pm

CBalvarez wrote:How did this even become a discussion about under saddle pickups? She just wanted to know if bone saddles make a difference.

yes lol. and it shouldn't be too expensive to have some one at a shop do it for you, if not free. Sanding them down to make sure the action is right on your guitar is the only tricky part.

and you are an ASS praisedave

heheheh yeh i was

anyways we began discussing whether or not mikey could do the installation himself, and i said that an undersaddle pickup would make it more difficult.

CBalvarez · Unread post by **CBalvarez** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:49 pm

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