Genuine saddles or graphtech ?

[jxe]

Woof!

Since @LSchefman os liking my post from almost ten years ago, I should clarify and say that I do not put them on every guitar anymore.

you love graphtec, you are they boy.

 

[jxe]

on the other hand you do get the free bowl of soup.

 

[Prs Mods too]

I replaced the stock saddles on my CU22 tremolo bridge with GraphTech. The guitar is set up professionally but it seems when the saddles are lowered as much as can be the action is higher than with stock saddles. Do they ride higher than usual? I like to use my trem in both directions so I don’t wish to lower the 6 bridge height screws to compensate. Any suggestions or does anyone have a similar situation after switching to GraphTech? Thanks!

I've never dealt with graphtech but you should be able to sand the bottoms to allow them to go lower...to some extent anyway. By the sounds of it you don't need to go very far, so, knowing what I THINK I know, you should be set. Don't take my word for it though.

 

[dogrocketp]

I used graphtech for about a hot minute. They seemed to rob sustain, and the tone sounded dead to me. There were also less overtones and harmonics on the notes.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

you love graphtec, you are they boy.

I still have three PRS with those saddles.

They’re on my more “metal” guitars, and the cut some of the “zing” off the top end which I found less desirable with high gain.

 

[jxe]

I still have three PRS with those saddles.

They’re on my more “metal” guitars, and the cut some of the “zing” off the top end which I found less desirable with high gain.

i get that, it was maybe years ago you said i’d get soup with an aftermarket bridge that came on a custom 22.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

i get that, it was maybe years ago you said i’d get soup with an aftermarket bridge that came on a custom 22.

Hey! I rarely turn down soup.

 

[jxe]

Hey! I rarely turn down soup.

once i was stuck in olympia wa and had tom kha five days straight.

why do i have to turn every post around here into a food and wine column?

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Woof!

Since @LSchefman os liking my post from almost ten years ago, I should clarify and say that I do not put them on every guitar anymore.

Why? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts now vs. then. I had tinkered with the idea of making the Mira into an "A/E" guitar with the Graphtech Ghost saddles.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

I still have three PRS with those saddles.

They’re on my more “metal” guitars, and the cut some of the “zing” off the top end which I found less desirable with high gain.

Especially with a Mark V... I could never dial in enough open top end on the V, without it getting ice picky. Messed with the presence, treble and GEQ for 3 years and it was always either/or. Either not enough top end, or enough top end but ice pick. Just could never get it dialed to what I wanted. As I've said before. I could get TONS of really good tones, but every time I'd get close to a great one, I just couldn't seem to tweak it over the edge. And then the "really good one" would sound average the next day and I'd start all over.

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

once i was stuck in olympia wa and had tom kha five days straight.

Stuck? She-it mang… that sounds like heaven.

 

[jxe]

Stuck? She-it mang… that sounds like heaven.

i guess it wasn't that bad. obviously only the one good restaurant.

 

[Simon Says]

Stock saddles for me, please. They dulled, killed low end response in my guitar. Not sure why, but I was expecting more sustain. Got exactly opposite

 

[alantig]

once i was stuck in olympia wa and had tom kha five days straight.

I tore my kha about 20 years ago, but thanks to extensive physical therapy, I'm pretty much moving normally again.

 

[jxe]

I tore my kha about 20 years ago, but thanks to extensive physical therapy, I'm pretty much moving normally again.

true gristle.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Why? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts now vs. then. I had tinkered with the idea of making the Mira into an "A/E" guitar with the Graphtech Ghost saddles.

I’m not playing as much heavy stuff, and not gigging as much either.

Especially with a Mark V... I could never dial in enough open top end on the V, without it getting ice picky. Messed with the presence, treble and GEQ for 3 years and it was always either/or. Either not enough top end, or enough top end but ice pick. Just could never get it dialed to what I wanted. As I've said before. I could get TONS of really good tones, but every time I'd get close to a great one, I just couldn't seem to tweak it over the edge. And then the "really good one" would sound average the next day and I'd start all over.

My MkIV is everything I wanted my MkV to be.