Re: Bridge misplaced on D-18

Ken Cashion <kcashion@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:19:11 GMT, Jerome Ranch <ranchjp@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Jeez, I've had the D-18 since 1969, generally sounded fine, but was
not as well intonated as I might like, and now that my ears is
sensitive to this, I took it in to get a compensated saddle.

My Martin luthier tells me the saddle is 0.25" too far from nut, that
one reason why it sounds a bit off.
There is insufficient room to recut the bridge for a new saddle, so a
new bridge has to be made that is wider.
Martin is paying for it

Interesting.

Jerry

Jerry, are you sure it is 1/4 of an inch out?

I've seen a 1974 D28 that was more off than that.

That is a tremendous
error. A guy half paying attention should have seen that error.

Amen.

I wrestle with 0.025" with my bridges/saddles.

And I wasting time?

What's time to a retired guy? <g> (No, you're not wasting time.)

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