You don't want to know

[charliechitlins]

I'm not even going to tell you how this sounds...
You're not going to try it, anyway.
But I'm going to leave it awhile.
All I'll tell you for now is, I have a guitar that has so much sustain, it throws me off and I have to adjust my playing.
Anything I know/expect about how long it takes a note to decay doesn't apply to that guitar, and it has a rosewood saddle.
Rules are made to be broken.

 

[corpse]

You have talked about this one often. The cover on the PUP looks PAF.

 

[charliechitlins]

You have talked about this one often. The cover on the PUP looks PAF.

You know what?
I've never taken the pickups out of this guitar.
The previous owner told me they're Antiquities.
Wouldn't it be a hoot if they're PAFs!
It's a '71 Deluxe routed for humbuckers, so it couldn't possibly be special, right?
I'm going to reserve judgement on the rosewood saddle for awhile.
I have put them on archtops and found them to be more musical, more nuanced and even have more sustain than a TOM.
In my experience, a TOM does NOT make an archtop brighter than rosewood (I know...I know...), despite the "fact" that everybody "knows" it does.
I do admit, though to having the ears of a 45+ year gig dog.
Hearing aids, though, have made me aware of nuances I haven't experienced for many years.

 

[Tollywood]

I’ve never seen anyone put a rosewood bridge on a Les Paul. Very interesting.

 

[charliechitlins]

I’ve never seen anyone put a rosewood bridge on a Les Paul. Very interesting.

Right!?
I'm looking forward to living with it a little.
I'll know more after rehearsal.
But it's already delivered some surprises.

 

[corpse]

Not exactly related but I always liked the nylon saddles on my ‘69 GT.

 

[Bob Womack]

Not exactly related but I always liked the nylon saddles on my ‘69 GT.

Yep. My '74 Kalamazoo Small-Script Standard has nylon saddles. In college, my roommate had the same year guitar with metal saddles and it sounded quite different. Mine was "sweeter."

Bob

 

[charliechitlins]

OK...now these are totally subjective impressions...
Sustain is unaffected... or not enough to notice.
Action feels slinkier (I told you, this is SUBJECTIVE).
Highs are attenuated.
I mainly stay on the neck pickup, crank the amp's treble and control from the guitar. Sometimes I want more than the rosewood can deliver.
How about homemade brass (with steel inserts)?
I'm liking this a lot!
Don't even ask me to make one for you.
I'm not set up for this kind of work and it took FOREVER to make.
Gonna try the brass and the TOM on my ES175 for giggles.
And you get a close-up of my Q&D repair on the botched route that I inherited.