Patent ID: 8525008

Claim:
A stringed musical instrument comprising of: a body having a top and a back; a neck having fingerboard and headstock with tuners; an bridge plate secured to the body; one or more saddle assemblies secured to the bridge, each assembly having a saddle and saddle housing; one or more strings stretched from the tuners, over the neck and fretboard then over a portion of the top of the body to contact points on the saddle; each saddle assembly having a string height saddle adjustment system for varying the distance of an individual string from the fingerboard and body, wherein the saddle is cylindrically shaped and includes a recess for holding the string, and is encapsulated by and rotatable within the saddle housing and comprising said string height saddle adjustment system; said musical instrument including a lever portion within the saddle having an edge, that upon movement of the lever portion moves the saddle recess upward or downward, in turn moving the string upward or downward.