Bone Guitar Saddle – Fits Many RainSong Guitars – 20 inch Radius – 71 mm Length

Better sound for sure with the bone saddle. Not everyone can hear the difference between bone and tusq, so your mileage may vary. There is a forum where someone recorded 3 different saddle changes including bone and tusq and posted them. Some people could hear no difference. It was obvious to my ears which was the bone saddle even with a blind test where I had someone else play the different audio files for me. We all have different ears, and brains to translate the sound.This saddle is a 20” radius. Rainsong N2 necks have a 20” radius fret board. My Rainsong guitar had the original strings and saddle still on it. The original saddle is 16” radius. Not sure why they do that at the factory. Maybe because some people have trouble with capos not working on their 20” radius necks. Maybe to keep the strings at the curvature most people are use to. Maybe to compensate for the thin carbon fiber top. Anyway different manufacturers use different fret board radii. - Gibson 12; Taylor 15; Martin 16; Rainsong 20. Martin Taylor and Rainsong all come with a 16” radius saddle. Tusq numbering is 9200 for a 12”, 9216 for a 16”, and 9220 for a 20” radius saddle.I also changed the bridge pins to titanium. (again YMMV) Many people find the original Elixir strings lacking in the sound department with no clear consensus on what to try. 80/20 seems popular. I happened to use Monel strings as they really make a maple top guitar come alive. They also helped the tone of my Rainsong.I found my truss rod needed a slight tightening I haven’t narrowed down if 1/6 or 2/6 turn is preferable. The reason to do it in increments of 1/6 is the allen wrench/ hex key has 6 sides.A trick to avoid a mess with your strings is to put a capo on the first fret – then unwind each string about a dozen rotations. The capo will hold them in place so you can do your work and re-tune without the need to restring.The new saddle was a tad thicker than my original. I used 120 grit then 180 sandpaper to slim it a bit. I also needed to radius the ends a slight amount for a snug fit. The middle of the new saddle was exactly the same as my original tusq. Because the radius is flatter the outer strings now sit higher.I am still slowly dropping the saddle by sanding some off the thickness a little at a time as my action is still a little high. A trick to make sure you sand evenly is to make a score with a razor knife, thin sharpie or pencil, a dime or credit card thickness above the bottom all the way around. You can then tell if you are sanding evenly.So far I have a completely more playable and better sounding guitar.

If I use sandpaper to adjust the height and width, It will take a week. Dimensions way off. Yes it is the correct one.

Arrived quite quickly. Good saddle for Rainsong guitars.