Now these are a favourite in the office – they are, for all intents and purposes, completely smooth saddles, complete with those all-important slot head height screws, all full sized, absolutely no loss of mass, so no arguments against the tone – but the intonation screws have been drilled on a slant to match that compensation you’d get on the intonation correction saddles.
Suitable for a Telecaster® or Similar with 3 Saddles
A great way to get better intonation on your Vintage Telecaster® without losing too much of the look.
Multi-Groove saddles, in the style used in the 1960s, made from brass with slot head height adjustment screws.
The grand-daddy of all Saddles, and for most folks, unparalleled when it comes to tone when you’re talking Tele®! Full sized brass barrels, slot head height screws, just beautiful bits of kit.
Single Groove saddles, ideal for improving string stability at the bridge. Made from brass with Hex head height adjustment screws.
Ferrules are a fairly basic piece of hardware once you look into them; they are simply small metal “cups” which hold the ball end of the string in place as it is fed through the back of the guitar.
The advantages compared to a “string though top” setup are pretty wide ranging, but the main attraction is that they allow the strings movement to resonate more efficiently through the wood of the guitars body, giving a much more honest tone to the sound, really emphasising that classic Tele® snap and twang that has proven so popular in recent decades.
Suitable for a Telecaster® and Hardtail Bridges
A standard Telecaster® saddle, an ideal replacement for nearly all Vintage bridges in need of a little TLC. The groove offers extra stability for the string to avoid it snagging and moving on contact.
Please note, these are not official Fender® parts.
The Knarled Edge ferrules turn up fairly often on guitar made in the far east rather then in the USA (which seem to use the Smooth edged version with more regularity) - exactly the same principle but the knarlled edge have "teeth" around the barrel section to help them grip the body more efficiently.
These "bullet" ferrules are a slight departure from the original version of the 50s and 60s. They initially debuted as a companion part to a set of strings in the mid 70s and more commonly seen on hard tails.
Slightly larger then the Ferrules seen on guitars from the USA, Korea and China - with a diameter of 9.5mm, a length of 9.5mm and lacking the characteristic lip of "normal" ferrules - they turn up fairly often on Japanese Fender® Telecaster® guitars, but in all likelihood turn up on other makes and models too.
