Use the Graph Tech Catalog or website - www.graphtech.com - for reference. 1. Start with the style of Acoustic Saddle you are looking for. On the Graph Tech website you can select in the filter section options like Compemsated, Blanks or Slabs. .2. O

Use the Graph Tech Catalog or website - <a href="https://graphtech.com/">www.graphtech.com</a> - for reference.&#xA0;1. Start with the style of Acoustic Saddle you are looking for. On the Graph Tech website you can select in the filter section options like Compemsated, Blanks or Slabs<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/zj2g/hc/n9vd/64235bfb-c214-47a2-bc37-fac84d40a5df-23cdac56-7a2d-4ed7-8099-c6d4ac4e2fc8.png" style="width: 603px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">.2. On the Graph Tech website and in the Product Catalog saddles are sorted by length. <img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/zj2g/hc/n9vd/f0fdc150-572a-46d5-8035-9c0ba53c18c9-fa386879-0972-4147-9aaf-e1fb5469b9c6.png" style="width: 603px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">3. Scroll down until you find a length that is close. A little longer is ok, as it can be sandeddown for a nice flush finish with the neck. 4. Once you have the length, find the correct thickness, again. A little thicker is ok as itcan be sanded down. 5. Now, find the height you need, taller than you need is ok, as the saddles are meant to besanded down a little for final fitting. You will also notice some saddles are compensated.This helps the guitar play a little more in tune as you play higher up the neck.For example:TUSQ Saddle: 1 packaged saddle = PQ-9200-C0TUSQ Saddle: 1 bulk saddle = BQ-9200-C0TUSQ Saddle: 10 packaged saddles = LQ-9200-10

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When checking compatibility of saddles for your Epiphone ES 335, it's crucial to review the identifying marks on the underside of the bridge. These markings may include a name or numbers that can be cross-referenced with our tune-o-matic sizing chart

When checking compatibility of saddles for your Epiphone ES 335, it&apos;s crucial to review the identifying marks on the underside of the bridge. These markings may include a name or numbers that can be cross-referenced with our tune-o-matic sizing chart. <a href="https://graphtech.com/collections/string-saver-saddles-tune-o-matic" id="isPasted">https://graphtech.com/collections/string-saver-saddles-tune-o-matic</a>This chart will help you determine the saddle that matches your instrument. Ensure to compare the dimensions of your current saddle with those listed on our website to confirm fitment. Our team is available to assist should you have any questions during this process support@graphtech.com

How can I find out if the saddles will fit my Epiphone ES 335's bridge?

What are the magical properties that make a quality guitar sound so spine-tingling good? When you strip away the tradition, the romance, and a little luthier voodoo, the answer is firmly grounded in science... Acoustic guitars are fundamentally desig

What are the magical properties that make a quality guitar sound so spine-tingling good? When you strip away the tradition, the romance, and a little luthier voodoo, the answer is firmly grounded in science...Acoustic guitars are fundamentally designed to convert the mechanical energy of string vibration into pressure waves that are transmitted to the ear through the air. How does the guitar produce sound? A player plucks a string and sets the string into a complex pattern of vibration that consists of fundamental and many partials.The string moves few molecules of air &#x2013; certainly not enough to create pressure waves of a significant magnitude the ear could easily pick up. Very little of the sound heard from a guitar comes directly from the vibrating strings. Rather, the strings transmit the energy to the soundboard via the saddle. The saddle acts as a selective filter, allowing only some frequencies of the vibrating string through to the soundboard. The board imposes its own characteristics on the frequencies it receives, suppressing some and enhancing others. The air in the cavity and the structural members also influence the sound by interacting with the soundboard.Let&#x2019;s take, for example, an open string played on an acoustic guitar. When the string is plucked with a pick (or finger), the pick initially puts a kink into the string. The Nut and SaddleWith just a little more pressure, the string slides off the pick. Next, the kink traverses the length of the string, hitting the saddle. Here the kink transfers some of its energy through the saddle to the bridge, which then meters the energy to the flexible soundboard, or top, of the guitar. The kink is immediately reflected back toward the nut. Because the nut is set on the solid and stable neck, little of the kink&#x2019;s potency dissipates there.The kink is reflected back and forth from nut to saddle. On each traverse, the kink transfers some energy through the saddle. The string finally comes to rest after transmitting all its energy to the soundboard and, to a lesser extent, to the air surrounding the string.The speed with which the kink travels depends on the mass per unit length (the thickness) and the tension of the string. The combination of the speed of the kink with the distance it travels - that is, the length of the string - defines the rate of vibration. Thus, a kink that makes 440 round trips a second produces the A above middle C. This is the &#x201C;A=440 hertz&#x201D;, or &#x201C;A 440&#x201D;, known to all musicians and represents the fundamental tone of that string.The guitar string actually vibrates in a much more complex manner than we have described so far. While oscilling at 440 hertz, the string also vibrates in halves, at around 880 hertz. Simultaneously, the string vibrates in thirds, near 1320 hertz; in fourths, near 1760 hertz; and so on. These various modes of vibrations are known as partials, overtones or harmonics.Strings would like to oscillate as closely as possible to harmonic partials or whole number multiples of the fundamental. In practice, the partials do not occur at precisely those simple ratios, because strings have thickness (mass) as well as length, which lends them &#x201C;inharmonicity,&#x201D; or an inability to vibrate harmonically.Because the string has modes of vibration other than the fundamental, the saddle must deal with the energy of all the partial vibrations as well as the fundamental vibrations. The Importance of the SaddleFor guitars, the saddle material is an integral part of the tone of the guitar, as it determines what frequencies and harmonics transfer into the guitar top, what remains in the strings, how loud the note is and how long it will last. The saddle tends to be discriminating. It governs the strength of the excitations produced by some partials and may deny others any access to the soundboard. It also meters the rate at which energy is transferred from the string to the board.The efficiency with which the saddle performs these chores depends on what is called the impedance match between the string and the soundboard. A perfect impedance match, with no obstruction or reflection from the saddle, would allow all the energy of the vibrating string to be transferred to the board at once. The result would be a loud and not too musical &#x201C;bang&#x201D;, with no sustain. A poor impedance match would have just the opposite effect. It would take a long time for the energy or the vibration string to dissipate (sustain), but little sound would be heard. The challenge is to balance the impedance of the strings with the guitar top, combined with the right musical filtering provided by the saddle, to allow the appropriate frequencies to excite the soundboard (tone) while denying access to other frequencies and keeping them in the string (sustain).The soundboard&#x2019;s efficiency depends on its shape, thickness, mass distribution and grain pattern as well as the characteristics of the bridge and the bracing glued to the underside of the soundboard. A good luthier will meticulously sculpt the bracing to &#x201C;voice&#x201D; the guitar.The soundboard is like a loudspeaker and can vibrate at significant frequencies.But it also has eigenmodes, or normal modes of vibration, that occur at favored frequencies. At these frequencies, the soundboard resonates with much greater amplitude than at other frequencies and thus imposes its own characteristics on the energy imparted it by the vibrating string. The sections of the soundboard that vibrate with the greatest amplitude are usually located away from the area directly beneath the vibrating saddle. You can observe this by the use of Chlandni Patterns*. This observation shows the importance of the proper impedance match between the strings and the soundboard. If the area where the string crosses the bridge moves a great deal, the energy of the vibrating string would be transferred too readily, resulting in musically undesirable sound. Almost every location on the soundboard moves a fairly large amount at one or more frequencies. The entire board at one time or another participates in some modal behavior. A modal analysis also uncovers a wealth of detail impossible to achieve through the use of Chlandni patterns alone. These details reveal that the back and sides of the guitar are actively involved in the vibrational motion. In fact, at some low frequencies, the amplitude of motion of the back rivals that of the soundboard. The wood is not the only part of the guitar that moves. Because the instrument has a bottom, the whole forms a box enclosing a volume of air. When the soundboard moves, the air mass also vibrates. And like the board, the air had favored modes. We do not know the precise interplay between of the air and wood. The air-cavity modes cannot contribute directly to the sound radiated from the guitar. But this is not to say the air modes are unimportant; the presence of the air can and does affect the behavior of the soundboard.The strings do not directly communicate with the air cavity; only the motion of the soundboard can excite an air mode. But the air can indirectly affect this process by influencing the motion of the board. The soundboard may excite an air mode in the absence of a resonance of its own if the soundboard can move with enough amplitude to excite the air mode&#x2019;s hot spot.The air modes can also influence the board by behaving as a load or by acting as an internal spring. In addition, physical coupling can occur if the mode shapes of the board and air are similar and if their resonant frequencies are close. Together the air and soundboard interact to suppress some frequencies and enhance others. There is one last source of coloration that gives the guitar its sound: the human ear. One of the characteristics of a good guitar chord it its strong bass. But the fundamental of a bass string is not particularly loud.If it were, the string would be vibrating with great amplitude, slapping against the soundboard and the other strings. How, then, does the ear perceive a distinctive, powerful bass?The answer lies in the psycho-physiological phenomenon called heterodyning, a useful term borrowed from electrical engineering. Bass strings have a rich structure of prominent partials. (Treble strings appear to oscillate with fewer partials than bass string because most of the high-frequency partials lie beyond human hearing.) The brain uses these partials to identify the bass notes of the guitar. Take as an example the low E on the guitar. Although the fundamental is physically present in the vibrating string, it is a weak component of the collection of frequencies that reaches the ear. The brain, however, recognizes that the partials belong to the compact collection of closely related frequencies that make up the pitch of low E. It has no trouble supplying a frequency of its own. Heterodyning is the same process by which one can recognize a deep-voiced friend talking on the phone, a device whose speaker is too small to vibrate strongly at the lowest frequencies of a voice.The ear provides another sort of coloring as well. The auditory mechanism &#x201C;hears&#x201D; the high pitches of instruments very well, but in the bass register, it is quite inefficient.To compensate, musical instruments use far more energy to produce low pitched sounds than high pitched ones. For instance, a properly constructed guitar generates more power in the bass that in the treble. Interestingly, the net result is an even perception of sound level over the entire range of the instrument. TUSQ&#xAE;Essential for the tone of the guitar, TUSQ nuts, saddles, and bridge pins are harmonically rich without the inconsistencies found in ivory, bone, and other natural materials. The common irregularities like hard and soft spots (grain) found in components made of bone and ivory hamper the constant transfer of vibrations to the guitar top and kill tone when the vibrations stop dead or go flat in those spots. Consistent throughout each piece and from piece to piece, TUSQ is specifically formulated to deliver the right frequencies with the optimum transfer rate to the top of your guitar every time, making the guitar sound richer and more alive.As an added bonus, TUSQ XL nuts and Black TUSQ XL nuts and saddles are based on the TUSQ formulation with added agent for permanent lubrication and increased tuning stability. Perfect for aggressive playing and frequent tremolo use.We&apos;ll change the way you play! * Named for the German physicist Ernst F.F. Chlandni, who can provide a graphic way of demonstrating the vibrational patterns of plates and membranes. To visually study the resonance of the guitar top, decorative glitter is spread evenly over the surface of the soundboard. When the soundboard vibrates, the glitter bounces out of the regions that are moving and collects in areas where the soundboard is not vibrating. The glitter surrounds the areas of maximum motion.

The Acoustics of The Guitar - the Science Behind Acoustic Guitar Tone

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Finding the Right Nut (2)

How to Measure a Guitar Nut and Saddle (2)

Finding the Right Acoustic Saddle (2)

Finding the Right String Saver Saddle (2)

You have so many guitar nuts, how do I figure out which one is right for my guitar? (2)

How can I find out if the saddles will fit my Epiphone ES 335's bridge? (2)

How do i know what saddle to use for my tune-o-matic bridge? (2)

Finding the Right Nut Video (2)

Installing a Blank Nut Video (2)

Installing a Slotted Nut Video (2)

How to Install a Ukulele Nut Video (2)

Finding the Right String Saver Saddle Video (2)

Finding the Right Acoustic Saddle Video (2)

How to Install a Ukulele Saddle Video (2)

How to Install Tune-A-Lele Machine Heads on Your Ukulele Video (2)

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ORDER FAQs

Finding the Right Nut

You have so many guitar nuts, how do I figure out which one is right for my guitar? copy

How to Measure a Guitar Nut and Saddle

HOW TO FIND THE CORRECT NUT

What is TUSQ made of?

How is TUSQ different from any other material (bone, micarta, and corian) used in nuts and saddles)?

What does TUSQ sound like on an electric guitar?

Graph Tech Nut & Saddle Characteristics

What is Black TUSQ XL?

How is Black TUSQ XL different than any other material (bone, micarta, and corian) used in saddles in nuts?

Will installing a BLACK TUSQ XL (formerly Trem-Nut) or TUSQ nut change my tone?

Why is NuBone only available in pre-slotted and compensated models? copy

Will NuBone improve the sound on my guitar? copy

What is NuBone?

What is the difference of TUSQ and NuBone?

MATERIALS

Guitar Un-Lock Nut Installation Instructions

What is the Graph Tech Un-Lock Nut?

Why was the Un-Lock Nut developed?

What sets the Un-Lock Nut apart from traditional locking nuts?

Do I need locking machine heads to use the Un-Lock Nut?

How does the Un-Lock Nut enhance the feel and connection of strings to the guitar neck?

Can I switch to alternate tunings with the Un-Lock Nut?

Is the Un-Lock Nut compatible with Floyd Rose-style guitars?

Why didn’t they just use locking tuners in the first place for wild dive bombs with a locking bridge?

FAQs

UN-LOCK NUT

Guitar Nut Installation Instructions

Bass Nut Installation Instructions

SuperCharger Kit Installation Guide

You have so many guitar nuts, how do I figure out which one is right for my guitar?

Can I modify TUSQ to fit my guitar?

What type of glue should I use for bonding Graph Tech materials to wood?

Can I use acetone to remove CA glue from TUSQ material?

Can I modify Black TUSQ XL to fit my guitar?

What type of glue should I use for bonding Graph Tech materials to wood? copy

How deep should I carve the groove for a nut on my guitar neck?

BLANK

Why is there a little tab on the bottom of the PT-5000-00 nut?

PRE-SLOTTED

INSTALLATION

Finding the Right Nut Video

Installing a Slotted Nut Video

Installing a Blank Nut Video

How to Install a Ukulele Nut Video

VIDEOS

Which manufacturers use TUSQ on their guitars?

Will the 6060 fit my Epiphone instrument?

What is the difference between Black TUSQ XL and a TUSQ nut?

Will the self lubrication wear off the nut?

Neck Woods

Fretboard Woods

Different Woods, Different Tones (Part 2)

Why is NuBone only available in pre-slotted and compensated models?

Will NuBone improve the sound on my guitar?

Why is NuBone only available in packs of 10 pieces?

Paul Reed Smith Guitar Nuts

What are the mechanical and chemical properties of your nut materials?

NUTS

How will this help me reduce string breakage?

Install an Acoustic Saddle

How do i know what saddle to use for my tune-o-matic bridge?

Finding the Right String Saver Saddle

HOW TO FIND THE CORRECT SADDLES

Why Guitar Strings Break

Why Use String Saver Saddles

What is the difference between String Saver Originals and String Saver Classics?

What if the strings start to dig into the saddle?

If a string starts breaking using String Saver Saddles

What are the String Saver saddles made out of?

What if I have an under the saddle pick up?

Can I modify String Saver Originals for my guitar?

How does intonation work?

ResoMax Tune-o-Matic Bridge Saddles Installation Manual

Finding the Right String Saver Saddle Video

Finding the Right Acoustic Saddle Video

How to Install a Ukulele Saddle Video

What material is String Saver made out of?

What if the strings dig in to the String Saver saddles?

If a saddle starts breaking strings

What are the mechanical and chemical properties of your saddle materials?

How do I know if you bridge pins will fit my guitar?

Will TUSQ bridge pins improve my tone?

Bridge Pins Installation Instructions

BRIDGE PINS

STRING TREES

How do i know what saddle to use for my tune-o-matic bridge? copy

HOW TO FIND THE CORRECT BRIDGES

How will this help me reduce string breakage? copy

What is the difference between String Saver Saddles and TUSQ saddles?

What are ResoMax bridges made out of?

How will this light weight bridge benefit me?

Will the U.L.F. coating wear off?

Will the ResoMax tailpiece benefit me? copy

ResoMax Tune-O-Matic Bridge Specs and Technical Information

ResoMax Archtop Bridge Specs and Technical Information

LB63 Specs and Technical Information

Ghost Hipshot Bridge Specs and Technical Information

HeliumX for Bass Bridge Specs and Technical Information

Setting up Your Graph Tech Locking Bridge

ResoMax Wraparound Bridge Specs and Technical Information

Resomax Tune-o-Matic Bridges & Epiphone Guitars (mid 90's)

How to install a Resomax tune-o-matic Bridge [Video]

LB63 Installation Instructions

HeliumX Bass Bridge User Manual

ResoMax Tune-O-Matic Installation Instructions

ResoMax Wraparound Bridge Installation Instructions

What is the autolock locking feature?

Will the autolock magnets interfere with my regular pickups?

What is the difference between NVS, NV1 and NV2?

What are the U.L.F saddles made from?

Will the ResoMax tailpiece benefit me?

How easy is it to install a ResoMax bridge?

Product Spotlight: Resomax Harmonic Bridge Systems

BRIDGES

Standard and Locking Machine Heads Installation Guide

Open-back and Retro Machine Heads Installation Guide

Bass Y-Style Machine Heads Installation Guide

Bass Clover-Style Open-Back Machine Heads Installation Guide

Ukulele Machine Heads Installation Guide

Are 12-string Ratio acoustic tuners sets possible?

Standard and Locking Machine Heads Actual Size Templates & Measurements

Locking Staggered Machine Heads Actual Size Templates & Measurements

InvisoMatch Adapter Plates - Actual Size Templates & Measurements

Open-back Machine Heads Actual Size Templates & Measurements

Bass Y-Style Machine Heads Actual Size Templates & Measurements

Bass Clover-style Open-back Machine Heads Actual Size Templates & Measurements

Ukulele Machine Heads Actual Size Templates & Measurements

Ukulele Bass Machine Heads Actual Size Templates & Measurements

Guitar and Bass Button Post Measurements

How to Install Tune-A-Lele Machine Heads on Your Ukulele Video

How to Install Ratio Tuners Video

Why Use Tune-a-Lele Machine Heads Video

Why Use InvisoMatch Plates Video

MACHINE HEADS

The saddle wires have 2 sides, which is which?

How do I ground my acoustic guitar?

Can I replace the saddles on my Line6 Variax with ghost saddles?

Can I plug the pickup saddles from my Variax Line 6 into the ghost preamp?

Can I file my ghost saddle to achieve a different dimensions or string spacing?

Do you make a MIDI bridge for 7 string guitars?

Can you install the ghost saddles without a pre-amp?

GHOST SADDLES FAQ

How does the ghost Acousti-Phonic sound?

Does the Acoust-Phonic "color" my mag sound as it passes through?

How big is the Acousti-Phonic?

Can I add a tone control to the ghost system?

How do I wire a stacked pot to the ghost system?

Can I use a standard 3-way toggle and push/pull pot with the Ghost Acousti-Phonic basic kit for my guitar?

Can the ghost system be used with other manufacturer's components?

Can I install the ghost Acousti-Phonic on a guitar that is string-thru-body?

Can I wire the Acousti-Phonic with two output jacks instead of one stereo jack?

If I plug a mono cable into the stereo jack does the guitar still function normally as it would prior to installing the Acousti-Phonic preamp?

This Acousti-Phonic is described as "18V compatible". Does that mean I need to put two 9v batteries inside my guitar?

Can I keep the output jack that came with my guitar, instead of using the one that came with the Acousti-Phonic?

Wouldn't it be better to control the mag/acoustic mix with a Blend Pot?

How does the Acousti-Phonic change my electric sound when I mix the two signals together?

ACOUSTI-PHONIC FAQ

PICKUP SYSTEMS