Quencho092
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So I got these callaham offset saddles for american deluxe strat.
I threw on the George Benson 14's Thomastik flatwounds as I replaced each saddle one by one, tuning up, stretching and intonating.
Comparing the wound strings to wound strings- there is a loss in punch, in a good way. My strat tended to have a very present 'prickly' tone, i dig it, but now it sounds a bit more hollow, more dynamic space to attack the strings harder and the sound is 'bouncier' more like a strat even with the huge 14's flatwounds on there.
The apparent volume is slightly reduced, quality and balance of tone has improved significantly. I found myself setting the entire EQ of my Acoustic 200H to near flat (of course i love the 350hz, but now there isn't so much need to raise it and kill the 800hz range like before, it's just wonderfully hollow and bouncy like a strat should sound sound) Jamming along with some joe pass electric jazz tracks is very pleasant, and Im able to cop closer, sweeter tones than before.
I always noticed myself holding back a bit on my strat to prevent from having an overly punchy sound, now I feel that I can play more naturally and the resulting tones will be more musical regardless of how soft or hard I attack the strings. I'm not married to my compressor as much, however the squashed tone is even better than before. What a difference. The stock american dlx offset saddles are louder, but not as balanced. I can see why people would like them, I prefer the classic stamped strat saddles, except harder steel by callaham, strongly reccommend this upgrade to any strat users! well worth the 40 bucks.
I threw on the George Benson 14's Thomastik flatwounds as I replaced each saddle one by one, tuning up, stretching and intonating.
Comparing the wound strings to wound strings- there is a loss in punch, in a good way. My strat tended to have a very present 'prickly' tone, i dig it, but now it sounds a bit more hollow, more dynamic space to attack the strings harder and the sound is 'bouncier' more like a strat even with the huge 14's flatwounds on there.
The apparent volume is slightly reduced, quality and balance of tone has improved significantly. I found myself setting the entire EQ of my Acoustic 200H to near flat (of course i love the 350hz, but now there isn't so much need to raise it and kill the 800hz range like before, it's just wonderfully hollow and bouncy like a strat should sound sound) Jamming along with some joe pass electric jazz tracks is very pleasant, and Im able to cop closer, sweeter tones than before.
I always noticed myself holding back a bit on my strat to prevent from having an overly punchy sound, now I feel that I can play more naturally and the resulting tones will be more musical regardless of how soft or hard I attack the strings. I'm not married to my compressor as much, however the squashed tone is even better than before. What a difference. The stock american dlx offset saddles are louder, but not as balanced. I can see why people would like them, I prefer the classic stamped strat saddles, except harder steel by callaham, strongly reccommend this upgrade to any strat users! well worth the 40 bucks.
