Just measured them there and mine are the same as yours. Thanks for the time and effort Ceri, very much appreciated.

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This may not apply to the saddles but someone may be able to use it. I ride a bike and the muffler was pitted with rust over the chrome. Take a piece of aluminum foil, roll into a ball, wet it and rub it hard on the rust. Well it's like magic, took most of the rust out.

I've heard that if you use coca-cola and tin foil it cleans chrome really well. Not sure about nickel tho.... hmmm...

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Well for chrome it's a life saver but I dont think it would work on non chromed metals. But it's weird it does not scratch the surface, it's like it deposits a new layer of chrome on the top.

Hi DB: I don't know about that one specifically - though hopefully someone else will see this and be able to help.

But essentially you need to measure the distance center to center of the top and bottom E strings. If it is 56 mm / 2 3/16" then you are looking at the "vintage" saddles on the following page. If it is 52.5 mm / 2 1/16" then you want the "import" spec items:

http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/sadd ... tstrat.htm

And you can measure the spacing of the six pivot screws on the bridge the same way to see which of the two systems to buy.

As a very rough rule of thumb string spacing of 2 3/16" means MIA and 2 1/16" means MIM. But it all gets confusing with MIJ and MIK Strats, and I have a notion that MIMs might nowadays be 2 1/16 too - but don't quote me on it! As always, I stand to be corrected.

Grab a steel rule and measure for ourselves, is always the safest way.

Good luck - C

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If you would just watch the video all would be ok...

http://youtu.be/eDU8nqQdXfw this is a video of John Cruz explaining exactly how he takes care of saddle rust and explains why you need to remove it. Saddle rust hinders the operation of a smooth working tremolo and also can account for strings not returning to proper pitch after using the trem. It's easy and very informative information that I think all strat players should be aware of.... Just watch it.

I'll give it a shot, thank you sir!

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Coke cleans anything it's very acidic. Drop a dirty penny into a glass of coke and leave it overnight. One shiny new penny in the morning. Good as new with no elbow grease involved.

Wouldn't want to put nickel saddles in the stuff.

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