Double Bass custom tailpiece saddle or saddle raiser

[luisraulmunoz]

Hello I would like to know if someone knows where I can buy a custom sized tailpiece saddle since I would like to raise the tailpiece to reduce pressure on the top, I have a friend here who can finish and install it but dont know where to obtain the blank with the required dimension (40mm high, 95mm wide, 20mm deep.)

I seem to remember there was some accessory I read about on this forum that would help raise the tailpiece angle as well. Something that one would just have to put on top of the current saddle thereby raising the tailpiece cord. Does anyone know any such accesory?

Thanks

 

[Eric Hochberg]

Here's one

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I think David Gage sells one, too.

I think most are handmade by a luthier to fit.

 

[luisraulmunoz]

thank you for the link, I have seen this saddle but it seems too low for my needs, at least from looking at this photo.
I should contact the seller to see if I am correct about this...

 

[LouisF]

Have you looked at these:

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I've used them on two of my basses and they maybe another approach to your problem

Louis

 

[luisraulmunoz]

Thank you for the link Louisf,
Certainly looks insteresting, I will put it on my wish list to try it for sure!

 

[Jake deVilliers]

You could have your luthier make and fit a saddle like this:

 

[luisraulmunoz]

Thanks Jake, interesting, is this the type that goes on top of the saddle as an add on or is this the actual saddle shaped this way?
I found a luthier in Italy that sells something similar to this, it seems to be just laid on top of the saddle with the wire holding it in place. I attach the photo.

Sergio Scaramelli
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[Eric Hochberg]

thank you for the link, I have seen this Moser saddle but it seems too low for my needs, at least from looking at this photo.
I should contact the seller to see if I am correct about this...

I contacted him at some point and he said he would make it larger for greater height.

 

[Jake deVilliers]

Thanks Jake, interesting, is this the type that goes on top of the saddle as an add on or is this the actual saddle shaped this way?
I found a luthier in Italy that sells something similar to this, it seems to be just laid on top of the saddle with the wire holding it in place. I attach the photo.

Sergio Scaramelli
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The photo I posted is of a temporary type raised saddle like the Scaramelli photo but you could have a more permanent one made too.

 

[luisraulmunoz]

I contacted him at some point and he said he would make it larger for greater height.

I will contact him because its certainly an interesting possibility...

 

[LouisF]

Sergio is a terrific guy and one of the great luthiers working today.

Louis

 

[luisraulmunoz]

Louis, I was looking at his website and definitively some very beautiful instruments, I was impressed...
Next time I go italy I would like to try his basses (though Im sure they are probably expensive..)

Luis

 

[bejoyous]

I know installing a raised saddle would decrease the angle of the strings over the bridge thereby lower the pressure against the belly.

What does it do for the sound and response of the strings? Is there an optimal angle we should look for? etc.

 

[Eric Hochberg]

What does it do for the sound and response of the strings? Is there an optimal angle we should look for? etc.

In my humble, uneducated but slightly experienced opinion, it all depends on your particular bass. A raised saddle did little or nothing to the sound, response, feel, etc. of my bass.