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Does anyone have a template, they could send me for a bridge design, which incorporates a two part saddle.

    This isn't that difficult. What are you looking for? There were a number of them made. Martin did a 3 on the John Forerty model.
     The trick is to know what the working length of the strings are and the scale. There is a formula to do this. Not sure off the top of my head as to what it is but I know it had something to do with the scale length and string thickness.
john hall

John

Thank you very much for Replying I saw this design on a Lowden, and didn't have a chance to study it up real Close. I thought it was a neat idea as what always concerns me about the standard compensated bridge is that the strings are often on a fine edge and if they cut in under tension then the inotation has surely changed.

By using a two part saddle you could put the strings more towards the middle of the saddle and thus avoid this problem.

The thing I was interested in looking at was the angles each part of the saddle slope at, and the position of the bridge pins in relation.

Many Thanks for your Help

Russell

   I use the Martin 3 degree. If you set this up right you have about as good a set up as you can get. If you too fancy you will be screwed.
   Sometimes you have to take good enough. Unlike an electric it is difficult to get each string perfect.

Thanks John