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BN,
As you may recall, I used GraphTechs on my Jaguar; they caused two problems. The
first,
they were a little too small and it made it difficult for me to set up the
string height and
intonation and second, I had some string grounding issues which resulted in
unwanted
noise. I put the two steel center barrels from the Jag back on the bridge, left
the
GraphTechs on the highest and lowest strings. No more problems.
With my Jap Jazzmaster, I went for the BuzzStop. That solved my buzzing problems
completely, and kept the strings reefed down on the barrels so that they never
jumped
ship in mid-bend (not that I am a string bender by nature, favoring the subtle
1/4 tone
bends of the first-wave style of surf).
I prefered the BuzzStop over the GraphTechs, their prices being nearly equal.
Gavin
--- In , Brian Neal <brian@s...> wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Do you have problems with the inter-saddle spacing with the GraphTechs?
> It's my understanding the saddles aren't as wide as the stock saddles.
> Do your strings wiggle around as a result?
>
> I got a set of repro Mustang saddles and found this to be the case as
> well. I had to get a set of vintage Mustang saddles which are indeed the
> same width as the stock Jaguar saddles. I could not stand the strings
> moving around during heavy double picking.
>
> Thanks,
> BN
>
> Bob Cannistraro wrote:
>
> >I use the GraphTech saddles and like them A LOT - they come with new
> >springs which are way better than the originals. I had string
> >breakage problems and they have helped.
> >
> >I have not tried the TUSQ saddles but think they may be worth a try
> >
> >I seem to remember Dave Wronski saying a while back that a good set
> >up would be a mix of graphite and tusq but I don't know on which
> >strings....
> >
> >happy holidays
> >
> >Boulder Bob
> >The Beloved Invader
> >
> >
