What's the go-to brass compensated saddles people are using?

[Tonetele]

I lie and use both Gotoh and Wilkinson.

 

[John_B]

I am using the Fender tilted "hot rod" brass saddles. They are superior in sound on an alder body. They beat out Gotoh and Wilkinson. The screws are long. I double shimmed my neck and adjusted the long screws down flush with the top of the saddles.

Now I have long screws on the bottom but testing it out, it is working absolutely fine. I like these so much, I bought a second set as a backup.

I will say this- the Gotoh saddles on the 2nd Tele (ash) sounds wonderful.

 

[nojazzhere]

Ron Thorn made the Brass Knuckle

That's right....thank you.
Got one in my parts stash, unused. Oh well....live and learn.

 

[skydog6653]

That's right....thank you.
Got one in my parts stash, unused. Oh well....live and learn.

What radius?

 

[Coffeemutt]

I've only ever tried the Gotoh's with the center-tilt adjust, but I really like them. It does take a bit of fiddling to get the angle just right:

Gotoh Brass Tele Guitar Saddles w/ Adjustable Pivot, 3pcs https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EB11WLU/?tag=tdpri-20

I just picked up another set on Ebay for $15 that I'm going to use for a Bubba mod on an Affinity top-loader I picked up.

 

[nojazzhere]

What radius?

It's the "flatter" one. Don't know about currently, but at the time they only offered two choices.

 

[medownsouth]

Guyker. Amazon Prime 10 bucks. Direct replacement for 10.8mm

 

[joe_cpwe]

A couple weeks ago I chose Gotoh over the Wilkinson because of the string slot.

Easy install, intonation improved.

 

[Dan German]

Wilkinson. Never tried any others, but never felt any urge to, because these work fine.

 

[DFB1]

I have Wilkinson's on one tele,and a set of Gotoh on order for my Squier CV.

 

[hotcoffeenochill]

I'm limited to those with left handed compensation. I have sets from Allparts, Callaham, Glendale, and Gotoh, as well as some non-compensated Fender saddles.

Hard to make direct comparisons as they are all on different guitars with different bridge plates, but I did use the Gotoh and Allparts ones on the same bridge and guitar, and the Gotohs had a brighter sound, which I preferred, and intonated very well.

I now have the Callahams on that same guitar but with a different bridge plate (a half-bridge) and very different pickups. It also sounds very good. Before that, the guitar had a thick six-saddle bridge (for humbucker) but was otherwise the same, and the short bridge and Callahams sound much better.

The Fenders sound similar to the Callahams and are on my No 1, so they won't be coming off.

The Glendales are very nice too and are part of a really nice sounding partscaster. There's no need to change a thing there. The Glendales are a little different to the others. The height adjustment screws are tilted so they don't sit on top of the bridge mounting screws, and the saddles are cut so the ends are parallel with the strings and each other and touch at the top edge. I can't say whether any of that matters without doing saddles swaps and making direct comparisons, and I'm not curious enough to do that with all the associated set up work involved.

Bensonite makes a lefty set too. Never used their stuff myself but heard people, some on here, say good things about them. A bit pricey, but an interesting concept on comfort as well.

https://reverb.com/item/31682428-bensonite-lefty-compensated-tele-saddles-tumbled-brass

 

[skydog6653]

Has anyone tried the ‘threaded rod’ style of saddle? It always appeared to be abrasive to me.

 

[skydog6653]

It's the "flatter" one. Don't know about currently, but at the time they only offered two choices.

I’ve only seen 16” and 9-1/2”, so I assume yours is the 16”.

 

[Amby]

Had the Callaham's (enhanced vintage) for a few years now and happy with them.

 

[Happy Enchilada]

Ever thought about these?

GraphTech PS816300 TUSQ Electric Guitar Saddle, 3 Barrel Tele

Here's where to get 'em:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0010HS0PY/?tag=tdpri-20

 

[Peegoo]

Wilkinson here.

 

[Matthias]

I just go with Wilkinson when I need a set. $10 on Amazon and they work great.

Same here, although I find due to the angled front they can buzz if you have your saddles high for whatever reason.

 

[Phrygian77]

I prefer Glendale's saddles. I only have one set in brass on one guitar. Most of my Teles have the Glendale CRS 5/16" Spanish Electric saddles. I like the spacing and angle on the height adjustment screws. Marc Rutter's notched compensated saddles are nice also, but I've found that they may require some tweaking (filing) depending on the break angle.

 

[GreatDaneRock]

I just go with Wilkinson when I need a set. $10 on Amazon and they work great.

Yup

 

[Resojazznblues]

Callaham brass on high E thru D strings, aluminum/steel on low E and A. Warms the high end, piano like twang on the low.