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The 1st Hot Tuna album. It's the acoustic performance recorded at the New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA

OK, count me as one of the converted! I had been reading about all these people with with their bone nuts (sounds painful), saddles and pins. I'm thinking, "how much difference can it make?". I had Taylors and they came with Tusq nuts & saddle. They sustained forever. My SWD, which I've had since last summer, sounds great. Well, you know how it is, you keep reading over and over how great something is and you finally decide, "I want that". So my curiosity got the best of me. After some research, I decided I could install my own bone saddle. I went to Bob Colosi's website. People rave about this guy on the forum. I had a look around and called him. Really nice and helpful guy and he's from my neck of the woods so we talked a little sports. At this point I decided to only change the saddle as it seems this will affect the greatest change in sound. A couple of days later the saddle arrives. Directions that come with it are very easy to follow. I think it took less than a a half hour before I was playing the guitar with the new set up. I didn't change the strings as they are EXP's and not old, plus I got a better feel for a before/after comparison. Really HUGE difference! Much more sustain. More focused and articulated sound. It brought out a richness in tone which wasn't there before. Mind you, I loved the sound of this guitar before but it is much better now.

Fresh Air - Quicksilver Messenger Service

Mud Slide Slim - James Taylor

And When I Die - Laura Nyro

Summer In The City - Mark (brother of John) Sebastian

Black Night - Deep Purple

I Don't Need No Doctor - Ray Charles

Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock

Rock Island Rocket - Tom Scott & The L.A. Express

Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson

Those Southern Knights - The Crusaders

Weasels Ripped My Flesh - Frank Zappa

Got The Feeling - Jeff Beck Group

Careful With That Axe, Eugene - Pink Floyd

Vehicle - The Ides Of March

Poke Salad Annie - Tony Joe White

These Days - Jackson Browne

A Space In Time - Ten Years After

Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela/Friends Of Distinction

Who'll Stop The Rain - CCR

MacArthur Park - Jimmy Webb/Richard Harris

Love That Burns - Fleetwood Mac/Peter Green

Wild Night - Van Morrison