Tell me about your Graphtechs!

[Van Noord]

I've purchased a set to replace my US Strats vintage steel saddles and they will be installed along with a full setup and new bridge bucker. I always felt the stock saddles were uncomfortable when resting my hand on the bridge and thought they added too much high end sting.

What can I expect tonewise, what have been your experiences?

 

[CTN]

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I have a set of graphtech saddles on my MIJ strat.

I didn't like the excessive brightness and almost-twang of the bent steel saddles. Wanted something warmer and fuller sounding. The graphtech saddles totally deliver, while allowing the guitar to maintain it's inherent character. They are noticeably warmer than bent steel, but it won't cut out that strattiness completely.

Anything Graphtech is a blind buy for me nowadays. I trust them implicitly.

 

[Van Noord]

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Great! That's what I hoped to hear.

 

[Zerberus]

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I have a set of graphtech saddles on my MIJ strat.

I didn't like the excessive brightness and almost-twang of the bent steel saddles. Wanted something warmer and fuller sounding. The graphtech saddles totally deliver, while allowing the guitar to maintain it's inherent character. They are noticeably warmer than bent steel, but it won't cut out that strattiness completely.

Anything Graphtech is a blind buy for me nowadays. I trust them implicitly.

Yep, that more or less hit the nail on the head. Saddles are brighter than Brass, but more mellow than steel (and I haven`t broken a string at the brige ever on the guitars than have them), and my experience with Trem-Nuts and Tusq is just as positive. One of the few companies where I know that I WILL recieve a top quality product, no matter what or how much I order, and one of the VERY few I trust blindly.

Planning on grabbing a full Floyd+Ghost kit soon, and I have absolutely no worries that it will be an awesome product...

Seriously, in >20 years of luthierie, they have not once let me down or provided a product that was less than flawless. Even SD and Jackson are guilty of that on rare occasions, and it`s no secret that I personally use Duncans and Jacksons almost exclusively and have since 1996.

 

[kramersteen]

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^^ I have a ghost kit here, all i need is some saddles.


i have used the graphtech floydrose and they are pretty damn sweet.

 

[Gearjoneser]

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Graphtech makes great products, and I've become a fan of Tusq XL pre-slotted nuts anytime I change a nut. They're $15, not $6 like a regular nut, but they outperform everything but a perfectly cut bone nut.

I just sand it to size and height for the wound strings, glue it in, and dial in the slots a bit. Takes 10 minutes, and I eliminate the headache of cutting one from a blank. And the Tusq products are white and a hair brighter than the black graphite stuff......looks better on most guitars.

 

[Johnny the Kid]

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Next summer my Hamer is getting another overhaul. The frets are worn on it, the TOM needs to be replaced, and I want to have the electronics replaced for a push pull toggle on the neck and bridge pickups, so I might have put a set of Graphtech saddles on there while I'm at it.

 

[JeffB]

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I have a set that came stock on my KWS strat. They work as advertised, but I am old fashioned, I prefer bent steel..it just sounds more complex. Graphite sounds flat.

 

[RorySquier]

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I have quite a few guitars and there is a good bunch where I always replace the cheap plastic nuts with a higher quality Graphtech or Tusq nuts. They improve the sound much better and I think Graphtech make excellent products. I haven't bought their bridge saddles yet, but I always see them in the store when I'm buying other guitar parts. I think they would be worth it and the other bonus is that string breakage would be greatly reduced because of these saddles. I've had that problem on my '98 American Std. Strat but I did a trem block mod to help remedy this problem. Graphtech bridge saddles would be a definite win and I think I would highly recommend them for improved tone and tuning stability.

 

[kilphody]

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Yep, that more or less hit the nail on the head. Saddles are brighter than Brass, but more mellow than steel (and I haven`t broken a string at the brige ever on the guitars than have them), and my experience with Trem-Nuts and Tusq is just as positive. One of the few companies where I know that I WILL recieve a top quality product, no matter what or how much I order, and one of the VERY few I trust blindly.

Planning on grabbing a full Floyd+Ghost kit soon, and I have absolutely no worries that it will be an awesome product...

Seriously, in >20 years of luthierie, they have not once let me down or provided a product that was less than flawless. Even SD and Jackson are guilty of that on rare occasions, and it`s no secret that I personally use Duncans and Jacksons almost exclusively and have since 1996. [/QUOTE
This + 100
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[King IzzO)))]

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I likes 'em, and the tusq nuts. Good schtuff.

 

[vinta9e]

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Wanted something warmer and fuller sounding. The graphtech saddles totally deliver

Same here. Graphtech floyd saved my project.

 

[Boogie Bill]

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I'm a big fan of the Graphite nuts on my vibrato-equipped guitars. But the most shocking revelation came from using a set of the Graph-Tech Tusq bridge pins on my 2002 Taylor 710CE. It was a huge difference over the stock ebony pins, adding both warmth and volume.

And the new picks they have are worth investigating if you haven't already. The Tusq does wear, but produces a nicely bright and powerful tone. Definitely try them.

I haven't used the saddles, but somewhere down the road I may have to try them. Nice to see all the positive reviews.

Bill

 

[Funkfingers]

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GraphTech nut and saddle are standard on my Stonebridge acoustic guitar. I have fitted blank and pre-slotted nuts and Tusq and String Saver saddles to numerous electric guitars and nuts to bass guitars. Consistently reliable products.

 

[ItsaBass]

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I love the Tusq XL stuff for nuts. It's my go-to nut material. Unless the guitar is vintage or high end, I either have replaced, or plan to replace, every nut I have with it. I don't bother with regular Tusq, as it's no better than any other plastic to me (or bone, for that matter).