Model 9200 Acoustic Saddle Compensated L71.12mm (2.8")

This is a great saddle. I have a Taylor 814CE that I bought a couple of years ago. I always knew that its action was a bit high, but it sounded so much better than the $200 guitar I'd bought 30 years earlier that I didn't think much of it. Then I played a friend's Martin a few months ago, and his action was super low, but the guitar sounded great, and--much to my surprise--I wasn't buzzing the frets when I played it.

So I knew that I needed to lower the action on my Taylor, and the nut and neck relief were fine, so the saddle was all that was left. The saddle that came stock was *very* hard to sand down: the material is so hard that I had to first use a chisel; then I used a file; and finally I could do a bit of finishing with a couple of runs of sandpaper. I could at least get to the the proper height, and the frets didn't buzz, but I knew the bottom of the saddle wasn't perfectly level after all that work, so I decided to order the Graph Tech.

I'd previously replaced the stock nut on my electric guitar with a Graph Tech Tusq XL, so I knew this material would be super easy to sand down to the perfect height. I ordered the string saver model 9200 for my Taylor 814, and the Graph Tech fits the slot perfectly. It takes some trial and error, because if you sand too low you might be able to shim it a bit, but you might also just need to start all over again with a new nut. I spent an hour or so yesterday, got the saddle just the way I wanted, and the action is great.

I wish I'd…