Cibby53

"I'm a hack player, and don't need extra challenges thrown at me. Foer me, bone nut, bone saddle are important to tone, and the pins are all for looks." That's great we all like different materials and our ears all hear sound differently and it is subjective to the individual . I had the saddle and pins for 2 years bought them for my Custom J45 but liked the Tusq saddle and plastic pins in the J45 better. However for the Hummingbird they (FWI saddle and pins) made a big difference over the stock saddle and pins to my ears. I've owned many acoustics each has its own individual sound unique to the wood and glue it is made with. I'm still in the process of finding out what string brand and gauge brings out the best sound to my ears.

I changed the saddle and bridge pins in my new(to me) 2014 Hummingbird . I was getting a strange sound with the Tusq saddle from the B string. I got a fossilized walrus ivory saddle from Bob Colisi and it made a big difference took care of the B strings strange noise plus really brought out the bass and gave the Bird more sustain. The FWI bridge pins look great also. When I removed the Tusq saddle there was a groove under the B string .