Thanks, Jeepman, glad to be of help.

One of my pet gripes, regarding tuning, is the straight slanted saddle that all major manufacturers (other than Lowden) fit to their instruments.

This attempt at compensation just cannot work properly as long as the player is using a wound third, and although I know Martin owners would faint at the idea, the only way round this would be to rout out a wider slot for a thicker (1/4" saddle) and then carve each string breakover point individually.

Somehow I don't envisage too many pre-war D-45 owners submitting their instruments for this surgery, however.

Murray