[RWP] Adrenalinn guitar pedal's sounds

[Indigo]

I put a GraphTech nut on my MiniStrat when the corner broke off its 
original nut, and I have another that I'm going to put on the Chinese 
JunkCaster.
GraphTech sure does a great job of design on their nuts, you just file 
off a tiny protrusion at the bottom of that particular design and it 
fits perfectly, with all the slots exactly where you would want them, if 
you had the nut hand slotted by a great luthier.
That wasn't just my experience, the user reviews on Amazon were full of 
similar reviews.
A real bargain for $14 or so.
I'm not so convinced about plastic saddles, though I do sometimes like a 
dark sound.
I wonder if a plastic saddle would give you a dark sound you couldn't 
brighten up with a tone control.
I have plenty of teflon lubes around here, and have invented secret 
mixtures that keep the teflon just at the friction points and not 
slopped all over the place.
I carefully looked at the stock pot metal saddles on the Squire HH, when 
it arrived; and took a piece of 4000 grit wet or dry paper and removed 
the nasty little burrs that the factory left on them.
With a tiny film of Indi's teflonized lube, I would bet that no string 
will ever break there.
I think I'll try a $13 set of cast stainless steel saddles, with a set 
of the hardened Allan screws on the MiniStrat, to learn how they sound.
You know if anything is going to affect tone, along with the nut; it 
must be the saddles, which are the closest piece of hardware to the 
vibrating string.
Indi




On 9/21/2013 5:12 PM, Colin McDonald wrote:
> the graphtech products, which are nuts, saddles and various other guitar
> related stuff, are made from a carbon fiber graphite composit.  Google
> it for more detailed info, but no, they're not just metal coated with a
> hard resistant plastic.
> Graphtech saddles will take a little bit of the twang out of the guitar,
> but you'll basically never break another string at the saddle ever
> again...same with the graphtech graphite nuts...which you know about.
> I think in 7 years of owning a guitar with graphtech saddles, i've
> broken two strings, and that wasn't at the saddle on either one...and
> that is a daily player and my main gigging guitar.
> even just a graphite nut will improve tuning stability by
> allot...strings just don't bind in the graphite nuts and so you don't
> get strings jumping up in pitch from retuning then bending while playing.
>
> Regards
> Colin
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> From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 1:30 PM
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Adrenalinn guitar pedal's sounds
>
>> What are GraphTech saddles made of anyway?
>> Are they metal, with just a little bit of teflonized plastic at the
>> point where the string goes over the saddle?
>> I'm considering a set of cast stainless steel saddles for my miniStrat
>> I think it's excessively bassy buzzy sound is coming from rattling
>> adjustment screws in cheap stamped sheet metal saddles.
>> The cast potMetal saddles in the Squire HH sound great, because
>> they're new and the screws are still tight in their threads.
>> You can even buy sets of allen adjustment screws that are blued, and
>> made of hardened steel, instead of the mild steel the stock adjustment
>> screws are made of, only a couple dollars for a set of 18 screws,
>> including the 6 phillips-head intonation screws.
>> Actually, it's just future-proofing, against wear; since we shouldn't
>> need to obsessively screw around with those screws, once we get the
>> setup right.
>> Indi
>> On 9/21/2013 12:18 PM, Colin McDonald wrote:
>>> well after the conversation here in the last few days, I went and got
>>> myself a classic vibe '50's strat.  Except I got the limited eddition
>>> version with the gold hardware...that's what happens when you take the
>>> better half guitar shopping...it's ok though, because it plays, sounds
>>> and feels really good. Apparently it was the sexiest, best looking
>>> guitar in the store after all, and since it wasn't that much more than
>>> the fiesta red fifties strat I went with it.
>>> I'm typically not too concerned about the look of a guitar as long as it
>>> plays and feels and sounds great.
>>> the strings are as old as dirt on it, as most of them are on store
>>> guitars.
>>> Anyway, going to restring her today and do a minor set up.  I was
>>> hesitant about the gold hardware because I know I'll want to change the
>>> saddles to graphtech and the tuners to something better
>>> Now, all i need is a decent audio interface and a mike so I can record
>>> my various guitars and at least offer some decent demo's to everyone who
>>> has been patiently tolerating this self indulgent thread lol.
>>> They had the pine body cv fifties telly on the rack right beside the
>>> strat too so I expect I'll have to go back in before long and get
>>> that one.
>>>
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Colin
>>>
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