Intonating An Acoustic Guitar With a Custom Bone Saddle

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How to upgrade your cheap plastic saddle to a custom made bone compensated saddle properly intonating your acoustic guitar.

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  • @Philsgoodnow
    @Philsgoodnow4 жыл бұрын

    Very clear and you are a good teacher. Teaching us what we need to know rather than showing us how much you know. Thank you!

  • @carlb9009
    @carlb90099 жыл бұрын

    I have just successfully replace the saddle on my Epiphone EJ160 E Thanks for your excellent guidance.

  • @jpomorgan9818
    @jpomorgan98188 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Scott. Very helpful.

  • @1Capnjazz
    @1Capnjazz3 жыл бұрын

    I think this video is the most informative I’ve seen. Thanks.

  • @thomboy54
    @thomboy548 жыл бұрын

    great video helps me a lot

  • @stormengine3261
    @stormengine32612 жыл бұрын

    This must be the same if not a similar of craft that made bone teeth for George Washington. This was very informative on how bone saddle is formed. Now I'm gonna search KZread for a Tusk saddle being created.

  • @donhammer186

    @donhammer186

    2 жыл бұрын

    Curios as to what you've found on Tusq brand nut and bridge material. I have a new "Seagull S-6 original" and the Tusq bridge is already collapsed and notched from string tension (I'm not impressed!). They appear to be a composite (plastic) not bone.

  • @Carlos-wv7ro
    @Carlos-wv7ro6 жыл бұрын

    Nice job explaining the needs and reasons. Good pace, not a lot of unnecessary verbage. Would have like to have seen the height adjustment, but seems pretty straight forward. Think I have a good idea to take mine on. Thanks again

  • @deanhowell6730
    @deanhowell67303 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate you and your very informative video!

  • @stephenlevendusky1283
    @stephenlevendusky12839 жыл бұрын

    Cool nice work!

  • @nickcolletta8165
    @nickcolletta81659 жыл бұрын

    you should always intonate an instrument in playing position.

  • @TerryDeanAcousticCoffeeCovers
    @TerryDeanAcousticCoffeeCovers8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the lessons ... enjoy them. Great instructional tutorial! I just started collecting and reselling old 1970's Japan guitars (Alvarez, Epi,Lyle) but haven't done any saddles yet. After this video ... I am ready to give her the college try.

  • @sli43

    @sli43

    8 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you found the video useful. Good luck....it's not too hard with a little practice.

  • @henrimavignier

    @henrimavignier

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sli43 Thanks for the vídeo, friend. Can you help me, Scott? I have a classical guitar and all the strings sound Sharp even with the open strings tuned. What do you suggest?

  • @ptalbany
    @ptalbany7 жыл бұрын

    great job showing how to do it, but for me I doubt my skills doing this kind of upgrades so I went to Bob Colois and he made one based off my factory spec and it was spot on all the way up the neck and I only post this for those who are like me loved the video but doubt there skills

  • @krustybuzzard2477
    @krustybuzzard24777 жыл бұрын

    nice work.

  • @susanroycroft89
    @susanroycroft892 ай бұрын

    Great video Scott, recently I was asked if I could do what you're describing, it was on a nice Maple 'Greg Bennet' and it sounded much better, sincere thanks 😊😊😊

  • @deadpanlooser4076
    @deadpanlooser40766 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot

  • @MrRobertnganchiu
    @MrRobertnganchiu7 жыл бұрын

    Very Good..

  • @souravmandalguitar9789
    @souravmandalguitar9789 Жыл бұрын

    very helpfull👍

  • @Marley999888
    @Marley9998884 жыл бұрын

    Funny thing with intonation is that even if you're completely shit on guitar you can still tell when its not spot on,annoying as hell.This video helped me get in my mind how to approach the filing so thanks for the guidance.

  • @rickitickidicki
    @rickitickidicki5 жыл бұрын

    Super skill. Pro job. J found the like was a hard tap due to the absence of a klaxon heralded death warning for my teeth at 3:50ish though. Still cringing...If the antler i am using makes that noise i will bite through both cheeks before cracking all molars. Am I alone or member of a step-group of those severely crippled by specific auditory frequencies?

  • @karenlaferney8008
    @karenlaferney80087 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done!! Would have liked to have heard the guitar played a bit, though.

  • @maxhoffmann1601
    @maxhoffmann16012 жыл бұрын

    Thx a lot

  • @walterrider9600
    @walterrider96005 жыл бұрын

    thank you . question please does the saddle sit on the top or is it completely in the bridge?

  • @ericvoigt8590
    @ericvoigt85905 жыл бұрын

    13:38 "The D is a tiny bit flat. That means I'm gonna have to bring the edge of the saddle forward just a hair" How do you bring the edge forward if you already sanded it back too much? (Does not make any sense to me but if you got the intonation right in the end you must have done it somehow)

  • @oldleatherhandsfriends4053

    @oldleatherhandsfriends4053

    3 жыл бұрын

    you bring the edge forward towards the neck meaning you sand a little more.

  • @omeletshakya

    @omeletshakya

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@oldleatherhandsfriends4053 @Eric Voigt ...what Eric said makes more sense...since the angle is already filed and its flat, it kinda possible to bring the edge forwards towards neck unless u want the radius (via affecting individual string height) to be affected,....2 ways around this I know of: 1) super glue and baking soda or bone dust to build removed material back...irritating and toxic and finicky to work with but i found no deterioration of tone or longevity...or 2) when filing initially, be super conservative

  • @tuberocker69

    @tuberocker69

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. I'd really like to see him do a video on fine tuning the intonation and a more detailed procedure of the process he uses.

  • @Iazzaboyce

    @Iazzaboyce

    2 жыл бұрын

    Looking at the saddle edgewise you can see the low E and B are set back, the high E is set forward and the D is more saddle mid point which allows scope for the D to be set forward a 'hair'. Usually, this would be done with the action a touch high so the saddle radius can be perfected on the radius block and the base of the saddle fine flat sanded to achieve the desired low E - high E string heights.

  • @BanthamLegend
    @BanthamLegend9 жыл бұрын

    Nice, your workshop skills are a bit more advanced than mine. Check your video title, you've missed the 'c' from the word 'acoustic'. I have subbed :)

  • @adysaxman77
    @adysaxman7711 ай бұрын

    That's a lot of work you've done there! I went out and bought a ready made one from China and usually they are fine, when after I've fitted them before. But I've fitted one recently and the low E string is sharp at the 12th fret, how would you remedy this?

  • @davidbrock6025
    @davidbrock60252 жыл бұрын

    What size grit belt would I need to sand a nut or saddle down ?

  • @henryssurfshowcase
    @henryssurfshowcase6 жыл бұрын

    Looks pretty tricky , especially if you sand too much

  • @pir869
    @pir869 Жыл бұрын

    string gauge affects intonation,thicker strings start to vibrate farther from the bridge and nut than thinner gauge strings do.........

  • @johnd.447
    @johnd.447 Жыл бұрын

    🔴 HELP please 🙏 I was changing Strings on my Ibanez Acoustic and the Saddle fell out. How would I know which way to place it back in because it has "Offset" points for intonation, I would guess. 😔

  • @billirwin4286
    @billirwin42867 жыл бұрын

    "Some guitars don't need compensating" Why is that? (I've notice some very fine guitars that don't have compensated saddles) Also, it would be good to see exactly how you filed the saddle in the fine tuning part.

  • @fukusamon4277

    @fukusamon4277

    4 жыл бұрын

    Quidley Gromth nut

  • @pamhurt7126
    @pamhurt71266 жыл бұрын

    Is that a tuner,or an inotation gauge type thing?

  • @NoahFielder

    @NoahFielder

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pam Hurt tuner

  • @venturaVlogger
    @venturaVlogger Жыл бұрын

    You sound like scott grove

  • @mehlabzaman4296
    @mehlabzaman42964 жыл бұрын

    From Pakistan panjab

  • @TheRedhawke
    @TheRedhawke9 жыл бұрын

    How are you holding the sacrifice board to your sander ???

  • @jsgamingandmore2069

    @jsgamingandmore2069

    8 жыл бұрын

    obviously his hand. i was wondering that too. I always mount my sacrifice board

  • @nicolacatacchio6693
    @nicolacatacchio66932 жыл бұрын

    Salve, sono passati degli anni e solo ora ho visualizzato questo video "fantastico" anch'io ho già costruito una sella ma, con il tuo video riesco a costruirlo meglio e vorrei chiederti, se dopo che monto la sella l'accordatura di 1/2 corde e ok, e l'intonazione e bassa rispetto ad altre, come posso alzare l'intonazione della corda stessa, se ormai ho già levigato e abbassato la sella, grazie

  • @jsgamingandmore2069
    @jsgamingandmore20698 жыл бұрын

    Greg Bennet is NOT a cheap guitar. In my profile picture I'm holding a $500 Greg Bennet Avion 6 Exact Gibson Les Paul replica

  • @mehlabzaman4296
    @mehlabzaman42964 жыл бұрын

    Hi I am factory holder And We make the bone bridges If you want then contact me

  • @stevebenson526
    @stevebenson5265 жыл бұрын

    yeah decent but hope he didn't take too much off with the file and change the radios Hmmmm

  • @nickcolletta8165
    @nickcolletta81659 жыл бұрын

    you should always intonate an instrument in playing position.

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