Yesterday while jamming with a friend, the saddle on my mandolin broke between the A and E courses. We're talking two piece, thumbscrew type of saddle. This is not a question of gluing. But can I expect the tone to change when a new saddle is installed? The bridge foot will stay and I hope to replace only the saddle. But there will be two different pieces of ebony, different wood characteristics, minute differences from the original. I'm assuming, even though the new part will also be ebony, that no two pieces are the same and the acoustics could be affected. Or am I reading too much into this?
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