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		By: Amit Newton		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://lkoguitargarage.com/should-you-shim-your-saddle-nut/#comment-340&quot;&gt;Phil&lt;/a&gt;.

Hi, Phil!
Thanks for writing in.
Whichever way the shims do go in, they were never meant to be there!
Shims are a stopgap arrangement to raise saddle height. They raise the 
height of the saddle but take away tremendously from the sound quality.
In my humble opinion, unless a shim is made from the same material as the saddle,
there is always going to be some loss of sound.
In a classical guitar, where no picks are involved, any loss of sound is best avoided.

MY ADVICE: Chuck the saddle and the shims in the dust bin and buy a new bone saddle
that will fit your saddle slot perfectly, and give you the action that you prefer.
Any music shop should be able to do that for you.
All the best!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://lkoguitargarage.com/should-you-shim-your-saddle-nut/#comment-340">Phil</a>.</p>
<p>Hi, Phil!<br />
Thanks for writing in.<br />
Whichever way the shims do go in, they were never meant to be there!<br />
Shims are a stopgap arrangement to raise saddle height. They raise the<br />
height of the saddle but take away tremendously from the sound quality.<br />
In my humble opinion, unless a shim is made from the same material as the saddle,<br />
there is always going to be some loss of sound.<br />
In a classical guitar, where no picks are involved, any loss of sound is best avoided.</p>
<p>MY ADVICE: Chuck the saddle and the shims in the dust bin and buy a new bone saddle<br />
that will fit your saddle slot perfectly, and give you the action that you prefer.<br />
Any music shop should be able to do that for you.<br />
All the best!</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi, I wonder if you can help me? I bought a Yamaha CX40 Classical Guitar last April. When I changed the strings the other day two small plastic shims fell out from underneath the saddle. Because each shim is wedge shaped I&#039;m not sure which way round they were originally fitted? If fitted with the two fat ends on the low string end it would raise the bass strings. If fitted with one shim thin and one fat end together it would raise the strings evenly across the saddle. I refitted them this way (evenly) and there is a little bit of buzz on the D string but otherwise good. Any thoughts on which way they are meant to go? Thank you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, I wonder if you can help me? I bought a Yamaha CX40 Classical Guitar last April. When I changed the strings the other day two small plastic shims fell out from underneath the saddle. Because each shim is wedge shaped I&#8217;m not sure which way round they were originally fitted? If fitted with the two fat ends on the low string end it would raise the bass strings. If fitted with one shim thin and one fat end together it would raise the strings evenly across the saddle. I refitted them this way (evenly) and there is a little bit of buzz on the D string but otherwise good. Any thoughts on which way they are meant to go? Thank you.</p>
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