Learn To Select Best Faber® Bridge Saddles For Your Guitar

If you are like me and like to play all over the fretboard on your acoustic, you want it to sound great. A frequently overlooked fact is that guitar saddles have a larger influence on the ‘playability’ and ‘tone’ than you think!

Types of Guitar Bridge Saddles you can get:

If you’ve decided on your new guitar bridge but are confused with what type to go with, here’s our picks:

Nickel Plated Brass
Aged Nickel Plated Brass
Natural Brass
Aged Natural Brass
Titanium

Notched Vs. Unnotched Guitar Bridge Saddles

Most guitar bridges come pre-installed with notched saddles. This allows easy installation of your new bridge and starting to play it right away. It will be perfectly functional for your normal strings and if you ever wish to widen these, you might want the wound strings to sit deeper in the saddle.

This will make the wound strings fit perfectly without widening it much. In case you use a heavy gauge of string, you might go for it.

While the Unnotched saddles have a completely flat top. Before installation, you might need it to be noted for this configuration gives you the freedom to get a notch as per your requirement. Make sure to use specialised gauged files made precisely for this function. With the saddle notch deepening, you might want to take the help of a professional at this point.

Necessary Upgrades For Your Guitar Saddle

Most guitar players upgrade from nickel-plated brass to natural brass. It’s simply because brass provides a vintage look and feel. No audible tonal difference is there between these two options.

Further, you can add new one of important guitar parts titanium saddles to your Faber bridge saddles as they promise a brighter and tighter tone. Titanium saddles are the perfect upgrade if you feel your guitar is a little too dark sounding and you want to enhance the top-end response.

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