RAISING THE TONE
Tinkering has always been rife among electric guitar players. In contrast, most acoustic players seem less inclined to alter their guitars. For some reason, we’d often rather accept them for what they are or simply upgrade just as soon as we can afford a better one. This got me thinking about easy and cost-effective acoustic guitar upgrades, so let’s start by focusing on bridge and saddle issues.
The saddle’s function is to transfer energy from vibrating strings into the soundboard, which in turn generates sound waves. For the system to operate properly, the transfer of energy has to be as efficient as possible and none of the string energy can be wasted. The first thing to check is that
