Glendale's new look?!?!

[Lostheart]

After hearing much praise about the quality of Glendale's compensated saddles, I decided to order a set as well.
But...most of the goodies are out of stock and a note stating "We are undergoing a new look for our stock saddle" left me confused.
Would it be better to wait for what's coming up or opt for one of the heavily reduced sets?
Anyone knows what the new look is going to be like?
Will the new ones be notched?
I doubt it will be a drastic change, but I thought I'll better wait and see what Dale has up his sleeve...
Nevertheless...purchasing a set has never been cheaper...

[Fuzzyhead]

Hmm.... New stuff for 0le FUZZY to test!

[JohnnyAtomic]

Looks like he is closing out the old style saddles, before re-running production on all others. The old style saddles are not quite as long, and the spacing of the height screws are closer together than the new style. This whole subject is old news, just not the clearance sale to get rid of the old ones. I say jump on 'em. I own both old style and new style ones, and while the new ones are nice, the old ones are still nicer than anything else on the market.

Johnny Atomic

[Fuzzyhead]

So you say the old one are actually better?

[yegbert]

Originally Posted by Fuzzyhead

So you say the old one are actually better?

I had one set of the new longer ones, I sold it and have two of the short sets now. I adjust my saddles' height screws for the lowest action without buzz per string given my playing style, so the outer saddles angle down to somewhat follow the neck radius. The outer two saddles' inside ends push against the middle saddle and the outer saddles are pushed outward just a little.

The shorter ones have enough of a gap between them that with my tailored height adjustment they may touch but not enough to push them out. And I find the spacing between the height adjustment screws, while narrower than on the longer style, to still allow plenty of room for the strings without the strings touching the screws or the screw holes.

So I prefer the shorter ones. But I could use the longer ones, by filing a little material off the saddle ends. I have done this type of tweaking to StewMac brass compensated saddles.

[Fuzzyhead]

Originally Posted by yegbert

I adjust my saddles' height screws for the lowest action without buzz per string given my playing style, so the outer saddles angle down to somewhat follow the neck radius.

Exactly how I adjust my (non-compensated) saddles.

[JohnnyAtomic]

sorry for any confusion. The new glendales are the best, but my point was the old glendales are still better than anything anyone else makes.

Johnny Atomic

[Twangmeister]

I may have already posted this question before, so please forgive the repeat. Will the Glendale saddles fit on a Callaham bridge plate? Any reason to think they wouldn't?

Thanks in advance for any enlighment you can shed on this one.

[yegbert]

I emailed Dale asking him if he would still be carrying some saddles in the original short lengths. A couple of exerpts from his reply:

No, but I do not just have a new look I also have a new design, and I promise you will be very pleased. I am very excited myself over the new design.
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I will report on my website very soon about the new saddles.

[bwanasonic]

Originally Posted by yegbert

I adjust my saddles' height screws for the lowest action without buzz per string given my playing style, so the outer saddles angle down to somewhat follow the neck radius.

Is there any other way to do it? I use the Stew -Mac radius gauges and set the saddles to follow the neck radius, and this works fine with the stock saddles. I was planning on trying a compensated bridge, but if it makes proper saddle-height adjustment a PITA, then I'm not so sure.

Kerry M