Telecaster 3-saddle compensated bridge?
- Thread starter Artie
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beaubrummels
Well-known member
My 3-saddle has never had any noticeable intonation problems when playing. It sounds 'right' all the time. I've had 6-saddle where everything was 'perfect' but it didn't make the guitar sound better or play more in tune, in any way that made the resulting music 'better'. The material seems to be more important to me than the compensation. Brass just makes that Tele sound.
Artie
Peaveyologist
Thanks. I think that's it.
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
The sole reason they're compensated is for proper intonation. All my vintage style ashtray bridges are this model:
Expensive? No, they're usually less than $30 and are fantastic. As for brass saddles having that sound, I have Telecasters with plated brass bridges and six steel saddles and there is not much tone difference.
Artie
Peaveyologist
Where did you find that for $30?
That Roadhouse Strat I got from you is still one of my fav guitars. I need to get down to St Augustine and do a hey and howdy.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
They look cooler. Some people try to justify it by saying it sounds better, but that might just be them hearing with their eyes. Any difference in sound I got from them was small enough that it could easily just be the sound of a new pair of strings.
Artie
Peaveyologist
I just acquired a Duncan Designed TE-101 set. I gotta put 'em into something. It's a disease.
I got to hear them first. They sound amazing. Typical Tele tone, but smoother, and warmer. No ice-pick.
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Reverb and Guitar Fetish.
Wilkinson Compensated Bridge - Fits Telecaster® - Brass Saddles
Wilkinson Tele bridges on Reverb zz0.j11wnj2seizz
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Yep, my Teles with the Wilkinson compensated brass saddles are just as intonated as the Teles with 6 steel saddles or my PRS.
Artie
Peaveyologist
Sweet. Thanks.
I get it, but there is still too much ergonomically wrong to me in traditional Teles.
Artie
Peaveyologist
That's cool. But Brad Paisley just makes it look right. I think it's the hat.
So does Steve Morse, or he did, back in the Dregs days. I love what people do on Teles, but I can't make them work for me without modifications.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Telecasters are the Chuck Taylors of the guitar world. They existed before specialization, but by modern standards are somewhat lacking in sophistication. The only reason they hang around in the modern era is mojo. For the less perceptive of you, I am referring to the shoe and not the basketball player.
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Steve Morse's "Frankentele" is anything but traditional.
