Taylor saddles

[leon]

Does any body know if Taylor offers diferent
hieght saddles or what is the best shim material to shim up with to correct string buzz.The action om my 410 is just a little to low when the neck is adjusted corectly.

[ckgdrums]

Your local dealer should be able to replace the saddle with one of the proper height.

If you want to try it yourself, I think the new saddles are around $5.

I wouldn't shim it. Just replace it with one that's a little higher.

Good Luck,
Chuck

[GordonHLau]

If you call up Taylor, they will send you a new saddle for FREE. Just ask them for one that is a little taller than the one that came standard on your 410.

--Gordon Lau

[leon]

This Taylor Forum ROCKS!!! Thanks for the replies. It really helps me a lot. Who would've known that Taylor offered different saddles. Thanks!

[jdpresto]

Does anyone know the advantages of a bone saddle as opposed to plastic? Is it worth looking into?

[GordonHLau]

Originally posted by jdpresto:
Does anyone know the advantages of a bone saddle as opposed to plastic? Is it worth looking into?

Bone saddles can be quite inconsistent in density. You may get a good one, you may get a bad one. Because of the inconsistent nature of bone, under saddle transducers work better with the man made stuff. But a good bone saddle seems to have a warmer tone then Tusq (which some may like better than the bright Tusq sound). I've never tried it but I've heard corian gives a similar tone to bone.

--Gordon Lau

[Pvee]

StewMac www.stewmac.com also has the compensated saddles. = B string offset.

I buy them from time to time to put on other guitars.