Guitar saddles are located in the part of the guitar that’s naturally humid. The hand, as it plays, gets sweaty. Sweat is salty, and salt water is one of the most corrosive elements.
In my sheet metal manufacturing business, I’ve been using the standard salt spray test to check the corrosion resistance of materials and surface coatings of all our industrial products. And as a professional guitar player, I know I put my guitar saddles through a salt spray test every time I play!
Being at this intersection of music and manufacturing with deep experience in both has allowed me to select the most appropriate metal and finish of our S-style guitar saddles.
At Audible Steel we use a plating method for the surface finish that holds up to regular exposure to salt, grime and humidity. Because I know that these saddles will go through the salt spray test every day of their lives!