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9 Genuine Guild Acoustic Guitar Micarta Saddle Blank GREAT PRICE Pls Read
$ 7.38
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This is a lot of 12 NOS Genuine Acoustic Guitar Micarta Saddle Blanks used by Tacoma Guitars, Guild and Taylor (and Martin in the early days!) If one of our customers wants to upgrade from plastic and can't afford bone; this is our "go to" choice. I see one seller is getting 8 bucks a piece! The listing is for ONE lot of 9; the photos shows all four lots as well as the dimensions. Thanks 4 looking! CHEAP SHIPPINGPlease read;
Where micarta excels as a saddle is when you desire a more focused, a more "compressed" or a more fundamental tone, with less overtones. Too many overtones can make the guitar sound hollow and the original, fundamental note is lost.
The word "compressed" is used to describe the micarta sound because it attempts to do what a compressor does in audio reproduction. It
reduces the amplitude of those louder tones, and lifts the volume of the softer ones. If you think of a compressor as "squeezing" the sound into a nicely focused wavelength, then you have the right idea. The result of sounds going through a compressor are generally more pleasing to the listener. That's why 99% of the music, voice, talk radio, anything you listen to ultimately has been compressed in one shape or another.
So, if you have a guitar you are not truly pleased with because its either, "woofy", or too uncontrolled sounding, and you desire a more focused sound, then I think it may be worth a try to strap on a micarta saddle. Some folks have also descrbed its sound as "woody", which basically means, more of the fundamental tone of the instrument. The instrument is made of wood, thus, its fundamental sound is wood. I think micarta does that well.