bob7point7
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So I'm overhauling a Warmoth Tele and I'm having a bit of a dilemma. I plan to install mini humbuckers and graphtech ghost saddles using a guitar parts global bridge plate (pic below). My very cool wife surprised me by ordering a roasted maple Tele neck for Xmas but she unintentionally ordered it with an Earvana nut. Originally I was going to use ghost compensated Tele saddles but it looks like the Earvana nut changes the ideal saddle position. The GPG bridge plate works with 3 or 6 saddle setups so I could use 6 saddles but the ghost saddles come in 2 1/16 or 2 3/16 spacing while the bridge plate has 2 1/8 spacing. So now I'm considering 4 options:
1. Use the 3 compensated saddles and just compromise a little on the intonation. Probably not a big deal but it seems odd with a nut designed to improve intonation.
2. Use 2 1/16 saddles and have a small gap between each saddle. Will they move with string bends and such?
3. Use 2 1/16 saddles and mill grooves in the baseplate for the saddle height screws. Should work but might be tough to get a clean groove.
4. Use 2 3/16 saddles and file/cut them down to fit. Will this screw up the piezo crystals in the ghost saddles?
So what do you guys think? Am I completely overthinking this?
1. Use the 3 compensated saddles and just compromise a little on the intonation. Probably not a big deal but it seems odd with a nut designed to improve intonation.
2. Use 2 1/16 saddles and have a small gap between each saddle. Will they move with string bends and such?
3. Use 2 1/16 saddles and mill grooves in the baseplate for the saddle height screws. Should work but might be tough to get a clean groove.
4. Use 2 3/16 saddles and file/cut them down to fit. Will this screw up the piezo crystals in the ghost saddles?
So what do you guys think? Am I completely overthinking this?