Ken Smith Saddles circa 1992 vs eg. 2014

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Dave Itterly

Well, I was really just thinking about the strings resting on the brass saddle. Some actually have a steel pin which is at the string node I'd guess it's called. I saw about a year ago on American Idol a guy playing a Fodera and that has a steel pin I think. I don't know if that is significant enough to alter the sound to allow for all types of music. Is your's designed around a specific genre of music? Does this account for resting on the brass instead? Did you see him playing that when Nicki Minaj was a co-hostess?

I don't know what you mean. All of our bridge saddles are the same as far as I remember. The music director for that show is Ricky Minor and his first Smith bass is from about 1985 or '87. I don't recall it being much different if at all. I don't know what other companies use for bridges, sorry, We just do what we do and it's what I prefer.