NGD: Sabre Buck 1

Bidley

I've had a build thread going here, and now it's finally finished and in my greasy mits.

It's wonderful. The fan fret is subtle, but makes a difference to playability with that little extra tension on the bass strings. Drop tunings galore

For a small guitar it projects really well, and has a lovely balanced tone.

Keeper.

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mart

Really like that, especially the inlay around the hole.

dchwhite

Lovely

Winny_Pooh

Very lovely. Never played a fan fret acoustic, must sound great in Dadgad

Bidley

It does sound and feel great in alternate tunings. It gives that extra bit of tension on the bass strings. Great for finger-picking.

guitarfishbay

The back and back of headstock look awesome. Really like those contrasting colours. Bridge looks an interesting design, is it unique to this builder?

Bidley

Yeah the bloodwood really makes it pop doesn't it!

About the bridge, I can't say for definite that nobody else is doing it, but it was designed specifically for this guitar and wasn't knowingly copied. I'm a big fan of it, as it's a lot easier to change a string mid-set than it would be with traditional bridge pins.

Nitefly

Beautiful!  I'll read the build thread tonight, but I love the rosette and the bridge.

CHRISB50

Lovely guitar. Congrats.

Lowden always do pinless bridges, and they are much easier to deal with.

I really like the individual saddles on the bridge. I've not seen that before on an acoustic.

I hope you're very happy together