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Post subject: Blacktop tele and Graphtech saddles
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 5:37 pm
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I was wondering if this would be the right kit to put on my blacktop tele

http://graphtech.com/products/brands/su ... 47e189b6a6

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Post subject: Re: Blacktop tele and Graphtech saddles
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 7:26 pm
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Yes those will fit. However, why does your guitar need an "Upgrade"? Are you having tuning problems? String breakage?

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Post subject: Re: Blacktop tele and Graphtech saddles
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 9:13 pm
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T2Stratman wrote:
Yes those will fit. However, why does your guitar need an "Upgrade"? Are you having tuning problems? String breakage?

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Nope not having any problems at all. From what I read everyone is claiming it also improves tone and sustain do you know if this is true

In all honesty I don't think anything on the blacktops NEED to be upgraded there great guitars. I actually wouldn't mind having a Blacktop Jazzmaster when I can afford another new guitar. Well... I would mind having all the Blacktops :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Blacktop tele and Graphtech saddles
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 10:15 pm
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T2Stratman wrote:
Yes those will fit. However, why does your guitar need an "Upgrade"? Are you having tuning problems? String breakage?

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Nope not having any problems at all. From what I read everyone is claiming it also improves tone and sustain do you know if this is true

In all honesty I don't think anything on the blacktops NEED to be upgraded there great guitars. I actually wouldn't mind having a Blacktop Jazzmaster when I can afford another new guitar. Well... I would mind having all the Blacktops :lol:


No can't vouch for those pieces increasing your sustain. If you're not having problems and you like what ya got, don't let "Everyone" get ya chasing down that rabbit hole.

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Post subject: Re: Blacktop tele and Graphtech saddles
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:46 am
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I do like what I got and like I said im not having any problems and nothing NEEDS to be replaced. But if these do actually increase tone and sustain why not make a good thing better.

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Post subject: Re: Blacktop tele and Graphtech saddles
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 11:07 pm
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I'm probably too late for this, but my opinion is, don't do it.

Worst thing I ever did to a beautiful sounding guitar was to try Graph Tech String Savers on it. Wasted 2 perfectly good sets of strings for nothing. It dramatically dulled the sound of it. The guitar sounded dead and lifeless as a result. Also seemed to make me play differently. The sound was dulled and I found myself wanting to pick harder to compensate. It even felt more sluggish to play.

It wasn't until afterward that I really gave it a good thought. The String Savers are basically plastic. If its true that saddles are responsible for a certain level of sustain, does it sound logical that strings would vibrate longer while resting on plastic as opposed to metal?

While I do believe that String Savers will be less likely to cause string breakage due to its softer material makeup. I believe their claims of more sustain and better tonal qualities (whatever they consider that to be) to be nothing more than bogus claims to sell people into buying them.

Anyway. That's my experience with them. They are permanently banned from being on any of my guitars.

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Post subject: Re: Blacktop tele and Graphtech saddles
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:24 am
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I have the import set on both of my Squier Standard Strats and they did make a noticeable improvement in both the sound of the guitars and also the tuning stability as well. If you want to install them on your guitar, then go for it.


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Post subject: Re: Blacktop tele and Graphtech saddles
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:07 am
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thanks for the input everyone

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