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Do you love your Fender guitar but want to customize it and make it look, play, and feel even better? Of course you do. You are a champion, my friend, and just like Freddie Mercury you'll keep on fighting, til the end. You won't put up with bad intonation on your telecaster, you're better than that! You won't tolerate that rattling unstable stock Jazzmaster bridge. No way! Freddie had no time for losers and neither do you. The time is now my friend. Click that purchase button and join the Bensonite revolution.
But in all seriousness, I do make some awesome hardware. What’s so awesome about it? I’m glad you asked. Most stock guitar parts are designed with 2 priorities:
1. cheap
2. easy to make
Just look at vintage tele or strat saddles. They’re not made that way because it's an ideal design, but because they’re inexpensive and easy to mass produce. And that's great for keeping costs down when you're trying to sell thousands of guitars. But the difference with Bensonite is I prioritize design based on function, always asking what does the part need to do and what design will do it best? What design looks best? What design feels best when actually playing the instrument? Cost and difficulty of production are always considered secondarily to good design.
But in all seriousness, I do make some awesome hardware. What’s so awesome about it? I’m glad you asked. Most stock guitar parts are designed with 2 priorities:
1. cheap
2. easy to make
Just look at vintage tele or strat saddles. They’re not made that way because it's an ideal design, but because they’re inexpensive and easy to mass produce. And that's great for keeping costs down when you're trying to sell thousands of guitars. But the difference with Bensonite is I prioritize design based on function, always asking what does the part need to do and what design will do it best? What design looks best? What design feels best when actually playing the instrument? Cost and difficulty of production are always considered secondarily to good design.
Compensated Telecaster Saddles
Bensonite telecaster saddles are like nothing else on the market. The first thing you'll notice is their size. They are machined from a 1/2 inch diameter brass rod. The increased size makes for a larger surface for your hand to rest on, as well as more room for the set screws so they‘ll never stick up above the top surface and gouge your hand. And between the flat milled on the bottom and the depth of the string slots you can still get the action plenty low. Each saddle has smooth rounded contact points which are cut with a slightly offset position (compensated) to give you excellent intonation.
Jazzmaster Bridge
The Bensonite Jazzmaster bridge solves all the problems of the stock fender bridge, plus it just looks and feels great. The bridge is machined from a block of 360 brass and the saddles are made of 303 stainless steel. The bridge comes with locking height posts that wont sink down while you play. And the saddles are made with a set radius so there are no little rattling set screws to deal with. The saddles fit tightly between the walls of the bridge so there is no shifting around when you bend a string, and the deep grooves keep the strings from popping out of place. Lastly the saddles have a rough bead blast finish so they grip the strings and help the bridge to stay in place when using the tremolo.
Vintage-Modern Telecaster Bridges
The Bensonite Vintage-Modern Telecaster Bridge gives you the look and feel of a modern bridge but it's able to hold 3 vintage style saddles, Next time you see a Tele with a modern 6 saddle bridge notice how large that bridge plate is. Weird right? I don't know why they make them so large but it's always looked off to me. This bridge has the same proper dimensions as your traditional ashtray bridge but without the side walls and scratchy back corners. The bridge has a bead blast finish with the front portion polished to match the look of the old bridges. It's made from highly corrosion resistant 304 stainless steel plate. Which means it will look good longer than you will.
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Disclaimer: I'm not in the business of selling snake oil. So you'll never hear me say anything from Bensonite will improve your guitars tone or sustain. Tone is a subjective thing and it's impossible to define what "good tone" even means.
Having said that, my customers have plenty to say about how Bensonite parts have improved the way their guitar sounds and I'm not going to argue with them! Feel free to browse my reviews and see what they have to say!
Having said that, my customers have plenty to say about how Bensonite parts have improved the way their guitar sounds and I'm not going to argue with them! Feel free to browse my reviews and see what they have to say!