freshly made nut
slots are angled to prevent string bounce
uniform string spacing
slots cut, spacing and basic shaping
final shaping, polished and fitted
perfectly fitted with no movement
break angle & minimum string contact
improving volume, tone and sustain
each string is individually intonated
old saddle and new blank
saddle fitted, radioused and string positions marked before rough shaping
string positions intonated and final polishing
maple selected
blank formed
blank sized
thicknessed, radiused and rough shaping
polished, height adjustment and snuggly fitted