Ya but...sometimes our "experiences" are only our own. Not shared by or with others.
What I hear may not be what you hear. It's my "experience" of what I hear, not yours.
And then the arguments start...

Exit stage left...

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"You can't spend what you ain't got, you can't lose what you ain't never had" ~ McKinley Morganfield

Give it time.

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Good point tyronne,

I recently installed the Callaham bridge in a MIM Strat and as usual I noticed a nice improvement in tone, it was a really great sound, still hard to believe that it made that much of a difference, but it does. I put this Strat up for sale at a local shop. After the shop owner played it for a few minutes, we discussed, and I agreed with him that the expensive Callaham bridge that it had would not add enough to the value of the guitar to justify leaving it in, so I removed it and put the stock bridge back in. I definitely noticed the lack of "sparkle" or overtones when the stock bridge was reinstalled and felt that the Strat was not as great sounding as with the Callaham, sort of went from great to just good. With the change I used the exact same brand of strings, played on the exact same amp as before, the same player played the same Hendrix type riffs and I could clearly hear the difference and was a little bummed, but the shop owner (player) couldn't tell any difference. Admittedly, as he said he had only played for a few minutes with each setup, but I was still surprised that he didn't note any difference as he is a much better player than I am. And he is definitely not a moron.



I think that the sock brigade would stop us before it gets out of hand.

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I love my GFS steel trem block.

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Bill

So to keep us from having to buy a bunch of books on physics on Amazon.com...give a short explaination of how holding the guitar differently at times will affect the 1/2 volt signal from a Strat pickup and string vibration,through the cable to the amplifier... have you found different body positions making a significant difference?
Thanks in advance,and I'm not being sarcastic.

Rebelsoul

I have found that holding the guitar in different positions helps it sound different.

The reason why is quite a simple one though. Different positions make me play differently.

You know what I think about the whole tone wood myth.

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Yep I do Nick..... it seems these discussions bring more "infallible web dogma" that we've never heard before.
Whatever happened to the good ol' Gibson vs. Fender debates.

Some one better start one soon. I'm getting fed up of reading this callaham stuff! I better quit this thread!

Or better yet, lets have a discussion on why p2p wired amps sound better than printed circuitboards.

Better still, lets get into whether onboard reverb and effects loops detract from a amps sound.

My new official diplomatic take on the whole callaham thing is "If you have one and enjoy it, good for you. If it makes you feel more confident or comfortable when playing. Then it is a help for you. However it's not for me".

Thats my story and I'm sticking to it!

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This thread reminds me of two quotes from great men.

The first, by a great UK scientist, Lord Kelvin, over 100 yrs ago: "If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it."

The second, by Ceri-approved HST: "We can't stop here! This is bat country!"

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My other guitar is a Strat.

I was one who reinstalled the stock block in my AVRI '57. I like the tone of it better. The replacement I tried wasn't a "Callaham" but it is a high quality solid steel block.
Someone else could try the same block and may like it(the replacement) better. But there was no improvement in sustain, it just made the guitar sound brighter. It's an ash bodied, maple neck strat and it's already bright enough IMO.

I put a Callaham in my Am Standard. IMO the improvement, if any, is small. I kept it in because I paid for it and I'm gonna use it. My Am Standard (2010 model) has a maple neck finished with poly. I think this plays a part in how much the block will improve the sound. Some strats are just awesome already (straight off the line) and the tone/sustain simply cannot get any better. While others can be improved with a Callaham.

I believe results vary from strat to strat. A Callaham may not change one Strat much but improve another alot depending on body wood and neck wood. I mean the same type guitars. (say two Am Standards.) It may improve one but not do much for another.
These are my conlcusions after reading and comparing the 1million posts on this subject and also from personal experience.

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"Damn Right I Got the Blues"

Sorry, but I am not fooled. Most everything you have said regarding my post, (on this thread), and even after this quote has been sarcastic and condescending and now you expect me to have a serious conversation with you.

As I said before, there is way too much pride and ego involved on these threads to have a real discussion. People want to "one up" on sarcasm and put downs. I do not know why it is so necessary to put down others that have different ideas. Perhaps by killing the opposition their cherished notions are not threatened. That is a symptom of not only this thread, but far to much of what is typed on these forum pages, there is just no real justification for it. Something about being an quasi-anonymous that makes people feel empowered to be rude.

And on the subject of "dogmatism" you might reflect on your own posts. It seems to me you guys are quite "superior" in attitude and "dogmatic" in you beliefs.

I do not claim to have all the answers or even be 100% correct, but I try to keep an open heart and listen and learn.

OL

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I remember when we were free!

Fine,have it your way,but stating some of the things you did and not backing it up with something says alot about you too.
I bought one of the Callaham bridge assemblies and tried it...I had an open mind and didn't find any difference.
And btw,I tried to hold my guitar "firmly" yesterday,and it made no difference in tone either.
Sorry you got your feelings hurt....and I would say anything I've said here,right to your face....whether you considered it rude or not.

I love Paris in the spring time.

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I loved the way Iilsa Lund looked in Paris before the Germans marched into the city...."Here's looking at you kid."

To quote Peewee Herman; "If you love it so much, why don't you marry it?"

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Por favor, disculpe mi español, no se llega a la práctica con mucha frecuencia.