Single-pickup Thunderbird II Custom Shop

[Bionic-Joe]

All my T-Bird saddles are notched - you can't really play them unnotched, at least I can't.

Uwe

Not to be RUDE, But ALL of my thunderbirds have always had UN-Notched saddles....simple geometry. They find their own proper center....and stay centered......and I play aggressive...with a pick...and the strings have NEVER slipped off of the saddles...You must be ripping the strings or have some Monstrous hand technique....

[Highlander]

Now George has brought the subject back to "wood", a curious quirk is that my PC thru neck is a three piece construction, so more like the original types...? Does anyone know for sure if JAE ever owned one of these early Thunderbirds...?

[Dave W]

Not to be RUDE, But ALL of my thunderbirds have always had UN-Notched saddles....simple geometry. They find their own proper center....and stay centered......and I play aggressive...with a pick...and the strings have NEVER slipped off of the saddles...You must be ripping the strings or have some Monstrous hand technique....

I don't know in Uwe's case but maybe it depends on the type of strings. Stainless (rounds or flats) are usually hard enough to mark a softer metal saddle enough to keep centered.

[OldManC]

Now George has brought the subject back to "wood"

You're welcome. 

[4stringer77]

I hope that's a finger.

[Highlander]

'Fraid not... been a bone of contention round here for some years...

[Pilgrim]

I read today that our new US ambassador to Great Britain is the source of some amusement there.  "Woody Johnson" evidently is received with some hilarity. One comment was that "...at least he won't go soft on us."