Colosi bone saddle and pins review

[llew]

Bob doesn't disappoint!

[Groberts]

Originally Posted by charles Tauber

It isn't uncommon that those with under-saddle transducers prefer the sound of Tusq rather than bone.

They prefer the tone acoustically, or do you mean when amplified? I've read Tusq offers more even frequency response with fewer hot spots that may occur with Bone saddles. But acoustically, Bone sounds great.

[JayBee1404]

Originally Posted by steve909

I ordered Bison pins from Bob...

I could be wrong, but I'm fairly sure that Bob's buffalo products are Water Buffalo, not Bison. If I'm wrong, I'll happily stand corrected.

[charles Tauber]

Originally Posted by Groberts

They prefer the tone acoustically, or do you mean when amplified?

Amplified, mostly.

I've read Tusq offers more even frequency response with fewer hot spots that may occur with Bone saddles.

I've read that as well, but never seen hard evidence to support that, nor have I ever hooked a guitar up to analyze its frequency response to compare Tusq and bone on the same instrument.

[beninma]

How does this work? Do you send him your guitar? Send him your existing saddle with #s on how you want intonation and/or string height changed relative to the existing saddle?

I just don't get how custom mail order saddles work.

[ChalkLitIScream]

Originally Posted by JayBee1404

I could be wrong, but I'm fairly sure that Bob's buffalo products are Water Buffalo, not Bison. If I'm wrong, I'll happily stand corrected.

I read buffalo too. Bison were (are?) native to North America..they're the ones that were hunted to near extinction. Buffalo are those we are familiar in africa.

Lets not get into a discussion on the differences in sound of bison and buffalo pins. LOL

[ChalkLitIScream]

Originally Posted by Newbi2Guitar

Hello,
I need help with an Epiphone Hummingbird. I changed the strings to flatwound and achieved a much richer sound. Now I want to upgrade to bone on the bridge, saddle and pins. The problem is I have no idea what size to order from Bob Colosi. He said to send a pin and the saddle but that means I can't play my guitar until the new parts arrive.

Any suggestions?

You'd definitely need a caliper since it requires a great deal of accuracy to get a good fit. The saddle, you may get away with a ruler, and should slightly overestimate, since you will still have to sand a little bit to get a perfect fit.

For the pins, a) measure them somehow using calipers, b) ask Bob himself about pin size. Certain hes made pins for other hummingbirds too.

[JayBee1404]

Originally Posted by ChalkLitIScream

Lets not get into a discussion on the differences in sound of bison and buffalo pins. LOL

I'm in utter, absolute, complete agreement on that!