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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on February 14, 2011 at 8:22am

You want it at least thick enough to support the tension of the strings without bending or warping.  Other than that, the thickness of the biscuit and bridge should be determined to achieve the desired string action.

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Permalink Reply by Mal Chilvers on February 14, 2011 at 8:33am

 thanks thats just what I needed to hear,should the biscuit be atached the the cone by a bolt or screw.Mal

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on February 14, 2011 at 10:56am

A biscuit around 5 or 6mm thick should be OK..if you need extra height just use a taller saddle insert. Fix it to the cone with a small screw  - a machinehead fixing screw should be just about right. Don't pinch it too tight, just enough to stop the biscuit sliding around.

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Permalink Reply by Mal Chilvers on February 14, 2011 at 2:07pm

John this may sound stupid but what's a saddle insert,by the way I was watching some of your vid's last night on you tube,Irealy enjoyed them. Regards Mal

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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on February 15, 2011 at 5:28am

Commercial resonator guitars are often built with the saddle and the "busquit" made in one piece.   The way most of us do it is to make the busquit part out of some hardwood or other and then add a saddle; usually into a slot.

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on February 15, 2011 at 6:07am

Here's a rather out of focus photo of one of my uke cones with a rosewood biscuit and a maple saddle. The saddle is friction-fitted into a slot cut into the top of the biscuit. This gives a fair amount of scope to adjust the action by changing the height of the saddle (providing you've got adequate clearance over the coverplate and under the handrest if you are using a standard metal coverplate).

 

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