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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:31 pm
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Has anybody tried gfs replacement steel tremelo bridge? Looks like a bargin!, also any word on their pickups?


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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:00 pm
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not sure about the trem block.

what i can say, is i threw some of their Texas special pups in a strat, and for the price they sound decent.

Would i replace squier pups with GFS pups? yes

would i replace MIM Fender pups? no

if they had better bottom end they would be fantastic pick ups, but they just seem a bit too bright.


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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:42 am
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I put a set of GFS Preium II Alnico II pups in a MIM Standard. I think they sound a lot better than the stock pups. They have a much more rounded and fuller sound. They sound better through a tube amp than a solid state amp, but most things do.

I ordered the wired pickguard assembly with vintage cloth wires. They did a nice job on the wiring, but the screw holes in the pickguard did not line up at all, so I had to take everything off the old one and put the new stuff on in.


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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:38 pm
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I installed a GFS block in my MIM Strat. I does give you a little more sustain. Not bad for $20, and 10 minute's work. On some MIM Strats, the trem arm hole does not line up, it tells you how to determine if it will fit or not on their website. Mine does not line up, but I don't care, I never use it. I think in the 15 years I have owned my strats, I have screwed in a bar about 2 times.
Their pickups, I don't know, I have read mixed reviews, some people love them, some people don't. I had thought about putting one in my Telecaster, when the bridge pickup was not working, but it mysteriously started working again :P

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I know those Squier '51 psychos are all about that site. They buy most all their parts from them.

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To directly answer your question.

I installed the Guitar Fetish steel bridge on my '95 Strat and it was an improvement.


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RicOkc wrote:
To directly answer your question.

I installed the Guitar Fetish steel bridge on my '95 Strat and it was an improvement.

I agree, it is a definate imporvement.

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