Mickguard Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Hello all, I'm in the advance planning stages of my next guitar --inspired by the Danelectro Convertible. The real Convertible supposedly uses just a piece of fret wire as the saddle --and I get the impression that the wire doesn't have notches for the strings either. So are notches for saddles necessary in this type of saddle (i.e., a single bar instead of individual saddles)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 (edited) Saddle slots are not used on a lot of guitars, specialy 'coustics, if the string retainer spacing is decent. For that matter, a lot of necks are made with "zero frets" which is a fret where the nut would be. This assumes good string retainer spacing or a "pre-nut" if you will. I think the guitars with solid wire saddles/zero-nuts show an ease-of-tuning that you can't find except on the latest self-lube nut/saddle materials. That is IMHO Remember, intonation will still have to be set by angling the bridge and it will be a bit of a compromise in that you can't set each string idividualy. Close enough for government work. Edited March 6, 2005 by thedoctor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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