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Thought I'd pass on my limited experience with tremblocks, bridge, and
saddles. Bought a '74 Stratocaster years ago, someone had put a brass
bridge assembly on it, which sounded terrible to me. Bought a fender
"Vintage" assembly sometime in the '80's and installed and it sounded
fine. Recently tried a complete Callaham assembly (block, bridge,
saddles) in its place. The saddles and bridge were nickel instead of
steel. The result was a definite loss of treble and "bite"; the guitar
still sounded good - smoother than before, but just seemd to have lost
something. I ended up testing the Callaham components one at a time as
a substitution for the fender stuff, and came to the conclusion that
it was primarily the nickel saddles and bridge that took took out the
"bite" that I missed. Put the "Vintage" fender back in.
Casey
--- In , "Marty Tippens" <mctippens@e...>
wrote:
>
> An "upgrade in metallurgy" of the tremblock will do absolutely
nothing, IMHO. Some folks claim to hear a difference in tremblocks, My
ears don't hear it. I did the change to the Callaham strictly because
a vintage reissue advertised as exact to the last detail shouldn't
have a modern trem block. E.J. claims to hear the difference. He also
claims to hear a difference in different brands of batteries that he
puts in his effects pedals.
> -Marty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harry G. Pellegrin
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 7:23 PM
> Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Fender's Eric Johnson Signature
Model complex pickups
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> Yeah, I have always wondered what an upgrade in metallurgy would
do for a
> tremolo block. Please guys, tell all!!!! I have seven strats and
hate to
> think what Callahamizing the stable would entail.
>
> Maybe I'll retire a few and stick to my Jazzmaster!
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