Kleinroq

Well done. Please let us know how it works out.

My 50's LG2 has an adjustable porcelain bridge but glued on mahogany or rosewood. It is pretty special with everything I was needed in a acoustic. Once I made room in my budget I went looking for an adjustable bridge SJ and discovered the CW. Some of these adjustable bridge guitars are amazingly responsive instruments that jump out at you. But only a few of them. I have found that the rosewood saddles dampen the response and feel soft. I tried a good number of them over my long search and was disappointed. Luckily the saddles are interchangeable and available - unfortunately you don't have saddles on hand when you are considering a very large purchase. I got very lucky and was fortunate to be willing to take on the project.

I have a '62 Country Western that had the plastic bridge with porcelain saddle. It sounded tremendous. Jangly and boomy all at the same time. It had a crack that was worsening so I had to replace it. I tried to find a plastic replacement but none was to be found despite my and my luthier's best attempts. I replaced it with an ebony glued on bridge but kept the porcelain adjustable saddle - to retain the response I had grown accustomed to and also to keep the original aesthetic. We had to make a bunch of adjustments before it and I were happy together again. It sounds even fuller now and the response is amazing. I am very pleased with the result, but just to be clear - if I could have found another plastic bridge I would have put that in.