Previous Kanile'a ukuleles have always had their saddles the same width as the bridge and their import line, Islander, would use a shorter width saddle and that was one of the distinguishing factors of the two. Recently I noticed Kanile'a switched over to using similar lengths saddles as the Islander ukes and I am wondering why they changed this? Is it related to cutting cost? I would imagine it would somewhat effect the resonance of the uke simply because there is less width and mass in the saddle to effectively transfer the vibrations to the soundboard compared to the old setup. Does anyone have any insight into this matter? For me, it kind of degrades the value of new Kanile'a ukes because they look just like Islanders now.
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