drewscott007
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Greetings forum members: I just purchased a used Tokai TEA-80S acoustic/electric guitar from online auction. The owner had dismounted the strings for storage and I noticed that the saddle is missing. Acoustic guitar saddles are no big mystery so I didnt think too much about it....I went on Youtube to see if I could find anyone with the same model so I could get a sense of how the guitar sounds. I didnt find the TEA-80S....only the TEA-80D. The difference is the S model is the shallow depth and the D is the Deeper depth....the thickness of the guitar. Again no issue the guitar 80D sounded great. But I noticed that the Saddle was of the compensated type and that basically means each string slot has been bent forward or backward to take up slack...while this may not be an issue I havent been able to find a saddle just like it.....all of the original Tokai TEA guitars have this precisely cut Saddle.....I have seen some online that have a few bends but not all 6 the way the TEA guitars have....I guess I'm curious if anyone here has had to replace the Original Equipment bridge on their Tokai TEA and if there is any difference....I tend to think if you get a guitar and the original equipment is superior to its competition then you stick with the original equipment if possible. The trouble is this guitar is now close to 50 years old and one of the distinctions it has 27 frets (VERY COOL)....for an acoustic guitar I have never seen that and is mainly why I wanted it.....likewise I am concerned that the compensated saddle should probably be the OEM bridge if available. Does anyone know where I can find the OEM bridge for this guitar? Please and Thank you.