If your S-style sounds tinny or small, and lacking resonance, it may be partly due to inconsistent manufacturing and the use of lower quality material. 

Here are two bridge upgrades that will significantly improve the overall resonance of the guitar.

Guitar Saddles

Guitar saddles play a key role in delivering the tone, and to a large extent for improving the resonance of the guitar. 

A saddle made of high-quality steel, which is known for its good acoustic properties, with a design that minimizes sound distortion and frequency loss can deliver improved resonance and higher decibels. Construction features like straight lines minimizes sound distortion and ensures that the saddle vibrates in harmony with the strings.

Audible Steel bent-steel saddles have all these qualities. Our saddles have been designed and engineered for maximum transfer of frequency from the saddles to the guitar body, with minimal or no distortion. So if you replace your block saddles with these, we guarantee you’ll hear a significant improvement!

Tremolo Block

For further improvements, you can upgrade your tremolo block – especially if it’s made of a softer metal like zinc. 

The original 1954 vibrato bridge used a steel block which gave the instrument the required sustain and harmonic content. Steel is known for its good acoustic properties, and cold rolled non-leaded steel is the best material for the block (because lead, like zinc, reduces both sustain and clarity). 

You will hear a dramatic increase in both sustain and frequency response once you install such a steel block.

At Audible Steel, we are all about resonance! We hope you enjoy the fuller, richer tone for your guitar with these upgrades.