replacement saddles for GLP Studio '05 lefty?

[eric22rr]

The saddles for my Gibson Les Paul Studio (lefty - 2005) are worn out. I need to replace them. Should I get individual ones or replace the whole bridge? Would the fact that I've got a lefty make a difference? I thought that maybe saddles were cut roughly to the width of the strings, from #1 to #6, so if I were to buy a new bridge, it wouldn't work as well...? Just checking.

Either way... would it be easier/cheaper to only get the saddles, to pop out?

And the big question... does anyone know what saddles would work for my specific guitar/model -- and what online store I should buy them at? I notice that some products that advertise as "Les Paul" don't necessarily work for ALL les pauls.

Thanks!

 

[JaySwear]

Re: replacement saddles for GLP Studio '05 lefty?

i've only heard good things about the graphtech string saver saddles for LPs. might be a good solution for you. then again, the string savers saddles might be more likely to wear quickly since they're not entirely made of metal.

about which to buy, i'd look up string width at the saddle on the gibson studio and then only buy saddles that give that specific width. even if a review has somebody saying they bought it and it works great i'd still trust a website's specs section more