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Bone
Nov 8, 2016 7:49:02 GMT
Post by linkous on Nov 8, 2016 7:49:02 GMT
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Bone
Nov 8, 2016 13:31:46 GMT
Post by obrienp on Nov 8, 2016 13:31:46 GMT
Hi, Firstly, your English is excellent and I doubt many of us can speak or write in Flemish, or French anything like as well!
Michael and others on this forum are much better qualified to answer your question but for what it is worth, I have never heard of a bone bridge saddle on a resonator guitar before. Bone nut, yes but biscuit (National single cone type) resonator saddles in my experience are typically wood: maple and ebony. I think the same applies to Dobros: the bridge spider may be aluminium but the saddle is normally wood. I am trying to remember what the saddle was like on my Busker Deco tri-cone. I seem to recall that the bridge was made of some form of plastic but I am sure the saddle was wood.
I imagine there would be a few mechanical issues with having a bone saddle in a biscuit bridge guitar. It would have to be quite a tall piece of bone: much taller than a regular acoustic guitar saddle and I wonder whether it would not have a tendency to break down the slot in the biscuit over time.
The Mule resonator link actually talks about a compensated bone saddle! Never heard of a compensated saddle on a resonator before. In my experience resonators don't have brilliant intonation: perhaps it is an attempt to overcome that problem but I would have thought the tendency for the cone to move about in the well would defeat the compensation.
I am sure somebody will put me right if I am wrong!
Slide on, Pat
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Bone
Nov 8, 2016 13:41:47 GMT
Post by Pickers Ditch on Nov 8, 2016 13:41:47 GMT
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Bone
Nov 8, 2016 14:08:33 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2016 14:08:33 GMT
I have compensated bone saddles in my home-made wood biscuit reso. My taste may not be to others' liking, but I like it. Intonation is pretty good. TT
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Bone
Nov 8, 2016 14:13:57 GMT
Post by obrienp on Nov 8, 2016 14:13:57 GMT
Yep, I knew it almost as soon as I wrote it. Just been to the Mule web site and lo and behold:
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Bone
Nov 8, 2016 14:28:20 GMT
Post by pete1951 on Nov 8, 2016 14:28:20 GMT
There have been similar discussions about saddles before. They usually go something like this..... The harder the saddle, the brighter the tone will be. The softer the saddle, the warmer the tone.
Most players prefer the tone of a maple saddle, (some modern Dobro players like an ebony cap, which makers it a bit brighter) If you have a dull cone, then a hard ebony saddle or even a very hard bone one might improve the tone, but most say the best tone from a good cone will come from maple ( or ' box wood' which is a little harder) PT
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Bone
Nov 8, 2016 14:31:55 GMT
Post by obrienp on Nov 8, 2016 14:31:55 GMT
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Bone
Nov 11, 2016 18:07:15 GMT
Post by linkous on Nov 11, 2016 18:07:15 GMT
Thanks for all the (fast) replies, great forum!
In 2016 I want to build a steel body resonator guitar, so maybe I will have some more questions about reso's in the future..
Em.
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Bone
Nov 11, 2016 18:18:06 GMT
Post by Michael Messer on Nov 11, 2016 18:18:06 GMT
Any resonator guitar, National or Dobro style, will sound sweeter and better with a softwood saddle. Bone is really not the right stuff.
PD, if your Dobro sound sweet with a bone saddle, I think it will sound sweeter and generally better with a proper wood saddle.
Shine On Michael
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Bone
Nov 11, 2016 18:42:44 GMT
Post by Pickers Ditch on Nov 11, 2016 18:42:44 GMT
Righto, Michael - I'll give it a try! Where can I get hold of an appropriate softwood saddle, please?
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Post by pete1951 on Nov 12, 2016 9:20:37 GMT
NB: When Michael wrote 'softwood' , he ment 'soft wood' Wood being softer than bone. The standard 'softer than bone' wood being maple which is a hardwood. There are soft hardwoods (eg.balsa) and hard softwood (eg.yew) PT
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Bone
Nov 12, 2016 10:25:47 GMT
Post by Michael Messer on Nov 12, 2016 10:25:47 GMT
....Thanks Pete! I did not mean to write 'softwood', it was my computer thinking it wasn't 'soft wood'.
PD, get a piece of maple from a luthier suppliers. I am sure Stumac would have maple bridge saddles.
Shine On Michael
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Bone
Nov 12, 2016 11:01:08 GMT
Post by Pickers Ditch on Nov 12, 2016 11:01:08 GMT
Thanks Michael. I'll get some and try to pluck up courage to disturb t'Dobro.
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Bone
Nov 12, 2016 14:32:56 GMT
Post by Michael Messer on Nov 12, 2016 14:32:56 GMT
PD, if you are unsure about disturbing your Dobro; either don't do it it, or take it to Dave King.
Shine On Michael
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Nov 12, 2016 14:38:48 GMT
You're right Michael I'm more than unsure, I'm scared stiff! I'll take it to Dave King in the new year and see if he'll change it whilst I'm there just in case I want it changed back again.
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