Find the Right Saddle for Your Blueridge® Acoustic Guitar

Are you searching for a Blueridge steel-string acoustic guitar saddle? Although similar to many Martin guitars, Blueridge Guitars use saddles that are often about one mm longer and about 0.7 mm thicker. As such, using a Martin style saddle on a Blueridge is unlikely to work. This guide provides tips for finding the correct saddle size for your Blueridge steel-string acoustic guitar.

Although this guide will help, we suggest that you also measure your guitar’s bridge saddle slot for a proper fit. If you are not the guitar’s original owner, someone may have installed a different saddle, adjusted the saddle slot, or even installed a different bridge or neck at some time, thus producing different specs from the factory’s original specs.

Blueridge Prewar Series

If you have a Blueridge Prewar Series model, then most likely your guitar has a through saddle, which will go all the way through the bridge lengthwise and is often glued in place. Replacing this saddle type requires a good deal of skill and so we suggest that you find a professional guitar technician for the job.

Blueridge Historic and Contemporary Series

Blueridge Historic and Contemporary Series models commonly use a non-compensated center line saddle with a 16 inch radius. Length is often around 75 mm, but can vary; we have seen 68 mm and 72 mm length saddles on these Series. Thickness is typically 3.2 mm. You can also use a single wave saddle – please see our single wave saddle for more information. 

An exception among the Contemporary Series is the NT-40T Tenor Guitar, which has a through saddle, similar to those used on the Prewar Series models, but shorter in length.