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Originally Posted by bender-freak
i've replaced saddles on my P/G bender-tele because of "groove" issues, but have never had to on any of my Hipshot equipped guitars, don't know what the difference may be, but it's there...
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Jay Monterose told me once that saddle squeaks are a result of a lack of downward string pressure. I believe that to a certain degree.
As per Will's "lubing" saddles. I've done this, but it is a temporary solution.
Saddle grooving is a combination of string " sawing" when the bender is actuated and released, as well as saddle meterial. Brass vs. Steel vs. Graphite, etc.
The Parsons Green that I put Graph tech saddles on years ago has worked great ( I also removed the bender once and cut the spring two rings shorter and bent one ring over in place of the old one. It is much much less prone to "accidental" bends when moving around. The feel is more like that now of a Parsons white tension.)
The Bill Bores double bender in my current main tele has a Parsons B and a Saddle G bender. The G saddle has a rocking cam in it, and the Parsons B slides on a Chrome plated Gotoh Brass saddle. I haven't had any squeaking problems as of yet. The G rocks, stretching the string with no dragging, sawing motion, and the saddle and plating density must be ok in this case.