
Posted on Apr 25 2018 10:53 PM
jovima69 wrote:
Hey Blackhearts Fan!
I bought a MIM Strat and it came with a GFS brass block and saddles uninstalled. I swapped out the old one for the GFS brass and saddles, and I honestly could not tell the difference. I ended up breaking off the tremolo arm in the brass block pretty quickly, rendering it useless. I put the OG MIM block and saddles back on, and again, could not tell the difference. I also have a Fender Lead III. Dont see too many folks that own those. I swapped out the stock pickups for Invaders many years ago. Great guitar!
Cheers.
Thanks for the feedback on the GFS brass block.
What the hell is wrong with tremolo bars these days as yours is not the only one I've heard of breaking as of late.
As for the Fender Lead III, they are great guitars and it's my second, I bought one in 1987 (black w/maple fretboard) and like an idiot sold it four years later when I got my fretting hand mashed up in the bus garage (I should've used it for rehab). The coworker I sold it to, a fellow mechanic and weekend musician, sold it off a few years later, I saw him in 2009 at Guitar Center asked him whether he still had it, he didn't, like me he was still kicking himself for parting with it.
My current Lead III like the original has it's factory case in this instance a first generation plastic Fender one, the first one had a Tolex case. I also have a Lead II, it needs the frets replaced so at the moment it has an early Squier II Strat maple neck w/maple fretboard on it. The Lead II has it's original Fender Tolex case.
The early Squier II Strat necks are the closest in neck profile to the Lead Series necks (which are unique among Fender guitars), the nut width may be a fraction of an inch wider but they are a suitable substitute for those who have grown accustomed to the Lead Series neck but have a worn original neck and can't afford a refret (in my case it's finding someone competent/I may try Rob DeStefano/Fret-Tech here in Northern N.J.).
Now if I could find one of the Fender Lead Series bodies with a Fender factory tremolo rout I would be set (I have an extra Fender Seth Lover humbucker), I have only seen two (2) of those in my life though I've seen at least three with Floyd Rose trems.
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