Bridge saddles

[skyblue]

I'm wondering how many cafe members have bridge saddles on their mandos. Give me some feedback on the differences in the sound and performance.

[mandroid]

Define what you are thinking of when using the term "bridge saddles".
arch top bridges have 2 pieces ,upper and lower, and a screw and nut pair between them.
Glued on [flat]top pin bridges like on western guitars, have a saddle, the strip in a slot, that is the bridge on those.

[Paul Hostetter]

There are also a number of, for lack of better terminology, one-piece floating mandolin and guitar bridges of wood that have a bone saddle in them.

I wish it wasn't so, but for many these days the top of an adjustable mandolin bridge is a saddle. I guess someone reckoned that strings rested on it, so...

Too many things called saddles!

http://www.outfitterssupply.com/images/TU167T_CFTooledNA.jpg http://guitarwoods.com.au/catalog/images/AGB-TCBS.jpg

[mandroid]

Now thats a Western Saddle !

Not to begin on the various makes and makers of those saddles on my bicycles.. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif