Bone-insert saddles & AllParts/Foley bone-top adjustable bridge

[RJVB]

Well, the number for bone seems to track back to icru compact bone, which is concerned with human bone. I hope you dont plan to use human bone on your guitar.

Why not - they put human voices in organs after all

Cows being heavier than humans I'd expect their leg bones to be of higher density.

[JohanAbrandt]

Why not - they put human voices in organs after all

Cows being heavier than humans I'd expect their leg bones to be of higher density.

Well, since the calcium goes into the milk I expect them to suffer from osteoporosis =)

[RJVB]

Attaching the pics I posted elsewhere here too:

[sgosnell]

I replaced the bone insert on mine with a Tusq saddle from GraphTech, and I like it.

[RJVB]

Does it change the sound (and how)?

[sgosnell]

I can't tell that it changes the sound, but the teflon that is embedded makes the strings slide over it more easily. On that guitar both the nut and the saddle are Tusq.

[RJVB]

YMMV but for me the presence of teflon is a good reason to avoid them.

In my experience with a Tusq saddle the material gets scored very easily, possibly as easily as wood. That would suggest that thicker (round) wound strings leave imprints of the winding that will probably counter the benefits of the internal teflon lube.

[sgosnell]

That is not my experience.