Musiclily Ultra Selles Vintage en Acier Trempé 11,2 mm pour Chevalet de Guitare Électrique Style Strat, Noir (Lot de 6)

These are basic bridge saddles, very simply made from an elongated "S" shaped piece of steel. My Telecaster stock saddles are raised front to back, while these have a lowered channel across the mid section. After looking closely I wondered if these would chew up my hand, since I'm palm muting 95% of my strums on the guitar (yes, all downstrokes a la Johnny Ramone). I've found that over time bridge saddles can sound a bit dead on one or more of your strings, making some strings much lower volume than the rest.These hardened steel bridge saddles seemed like a good option to bring back some even volume across all 6 strings. On first inspection, I noticed there's no "string notch" for the string to set into. I wondered how that could work with heavy strumming, and I decided it would probably work great -- I even suspect that the dead string phenomenon I'm dealing with some of my aging guitars could be that the string notches may have some microscopic burr or non-perfectly smooth portion in the string-notch that deadens one string. I bet having no-notch at all, plus material that's made of hardened steel could very well make a big difference in overcoming that problem. I figure the lack of a notch isn't going to affect me during string bends because of the steep angle the stringI was about to tear into my guitar and remove the old saddles when I just laid all 6 of the saddles in a row next to the original bridge saddles. Turns out this 11.2mm size is too big for my guitar. Most guides suggest that both Strats and Teles typically have 10.5mm size. I do intend to try a set out. It's tough to "see" the difference in width between a 10.5mm and an 11.2mm, but if you place the whole set side-by-side the extra dimension between the two sets is much more apparent (so, I recommend doing that before dismantling anything). The writeup suggested these are for telecasters, but they don't fit mine. They're too large to fit on either of my Strat copies as well.What I can say about this set is that they do seem quite sturdy and the saddles look great (I got the black set). What's even better is that you get a complete set of extra replacement intonation screws, hex bolts for height setting and saddle springs (they're tiny and could shoot across the room if you're not super careful when opening the package). The set of saddles are already fitted with all the screws, so you'll end up with an extra set. Plus an allen wrench for adjusting the height.I do recommend these, but do note that I wasn't able to do a full-on test.