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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on January 27, 2015 at 4:07am

Corbin,

Ideally, you want the saddle to be almost knife-edge sharp. If you cut a notch all the way down to the metal, I can almost guarantee you will have at least one sitar-like string buzz. If you do decide to cut string notches, make them no deeper than half the diameter of each string. Which means you really should cut very carefully. Also, be aware that eventually, a plastic saddle will wear down and possibly crack with use, especially if you cut deep V notches.

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Permalink Reply by Corbin on January 27, 2015 at 5:49am

Ok I soldered on a better edge to cut the notches into for the strings.

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Permalink Reply by Corbin on January 27, 2015 at 5:56am

Here is the other attachment that didn't load.

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on January 27, 2015 at 5:23am

What Ron said plus, looks kind of heavy to me. The top needs to vibrate, for acoustic sound anyway , and a lot of weight on it will make that harder. Looks cool, so that may be important to you. I"d almost bet you would get better sound by using only the oak, up on it's edge like a violin bridge, maybe with a fret of something for the "knife edge"? 

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Permalink Reply by Corbin on January 27, 2015 at 6:15am

The metal part is hollow, so it is lighter than it looks.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on January 27, 2015 at 8:00am

Yeah, that looks better.

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Permalink Reply by Corbin on January 27, 2015 at 4:47pm

Here is what it will look like sitting on the sound board / top of my CBG...

I might need to put a shim under it, but until I install strings I won't know...

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Permalink Reply by Corbin on January 27, 2015 at 6:59pm

How much of a notch do I need in the bridge to keep the strings in place?

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