Seagull S6 Saddle, Nuts & bridge Pins

When I need a saddle for my guitar, I go to my guitar store, tell the tech.  When he says, "What kind of saddle do you need?"  I say, "One like this."  *Pointing to my guitar*   

Then I say, "Oh, and by the way, I need you to put it on for me too.  And um....while you're at it, can you  adjust the action so it's nice a low?  And....erm.....since you've got the strings off of it, here, put these strings on it too.   Oh ya,  .....ahem.......gee...don't wanna be a bother,  .....but since it's all off, could you give 'er a cleaning and oil the fret board as well?  And .....uh.....since you're cleaning it anyways, you know.......if you want.......erm, if you have time......could you polish the body up if ...you know, it ain't too much trouble?  And.....um,  oh ya, where's my manners?  ......Please?"   

diamonddave, said: "My mechanic does this...but he's the one telling ME that while he was in there, he saw that x, y and z needed replacing, so he went ahead and did it, but he only charged me for x and y and threw in z.

Oh well...the car runs great. Sometime you gotta trust people."

You are so right.  An honest mechanic is worth their weight in gold!

I love my mechanic.  The shop is owned by him and his wife.  They are absolutely honest.  He doesn't fix anything he finds without telling me and/or taking me into the shop to show me first.  He knows I know about cars and I always appreciate him showing me stuff first.  He doesn't give me fantastic deals or anything, charges me a fair but going rate.  But not having to worry about, and being able to totally trust the info and advice he gives me is, again....worth its weight in gold.

Bridge pin?

Here's the GraphTech chart for nuts, saddles and pins for Art & Lutherie, La Patrie, Norman, Seagull and Simon & Patrick. 



GraphTech_sizing_guides_for_guitars_ppg_3-6.pdf (502.07 KB)

What?  Really?    What are they using now then? 

I changed S6 pins to Ebony, I suspect the 98 S6's were plastic.
and the Amber Trails (cause one pin was cracked) to Brass

In both cases, for me the only apparent difference is the look.
My local store stocks brass pin now at 8$ set, I might do the parlour even tho it's supposed to be bone right now..

So we're saying Tusq Traditional pins are the safer bet?