Tom Blackshear -> RE: Bone vs Ivory saddles (Oct. 31 2008 14:10:15)
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ORIGINAL: Tom Blackshear I think bone has a more transparent sound than Ivory and this is to say that it requires less energy to translate sound to the bridge and top. Perhaps translucent is a better word but then ivory has a solid translation that can give a good sound that can help to make less string noise. Hello Tom, In your opinion therefore, bone is better-suited for a very responsive top? Maybe you could elaborate? What I mentioned above is about all I know, with using bone and ivory. Phenolic material, maybe not spelled right, has a certain brightness to it but I like bleached cow bone since it is not a rare material and can suit the sound just fine. What ever the material you use, it can only be credited by its content if you compare it with other examples. Each guitar may require different materials, and it really should be tried to find the best example for what you want. I tune my guitars with the cow bone saddle and nut. And I didn't mean to imply that it makes the top more responsive but that it takes less energy to move the sound from the saddle to the bridge and top. Even with better tranference, there is still a point of top movement that has to take place. Perhaps it's better to look at this as a frequency change. It's something I hear with my senses, not something I can explain with science, like Al Carruth.
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