saddle tilt

[oldbass]

It seems that most saddles and especially those that are quite high with the intent of reducing bridge downpressure eventually tend to tilt upward toward the bridge and come away from the bottom of the body leaving a small space at the bottom of the saddle. They can be glued back down but eventually they seem to start that roll toward the bridge again. The forces applied to the saddle by the tailpiece wire are high and in a direction to do this no matter what. Is there any cure for this problem, especially for high saddles?

[bigolbassguy]

There are a couple of designs out there that eliminate this problem, and a few threads devoted to the topic here on TB. Here is one -

High Saddle?

[Stephen Edwards]

This is happening on my bass, the saddle is quite tall. The top has separated slightly from the ribs and possibly the end pin block. I don't know what to do.

[tornadobass]

My carved Romanian bass was set up by the Kolstein shop. It has a tall saddle that's held on by a wood screw. Seems odd to use a screw on a nicer bass, but was told by my luthier that it is common at that shop.

[hbfosho]

Originally Posted by tornadobass

My carved Romanian bass was set up by the Kolstein shop. It has a tall saddle that's held on by a wood screw. Seems odd to use a screw on a nicer bass, but was told by my luthier that it is common at that shop.

My bass was restored at kolstein right before I bought it and I have a high saddle with a screw in it to. The bass sounds great so I don't mind it.