james62 wrote:
Huh! What IS this thing! Never seen this before!
I can't help thinking that the neck angle of the guitar will have to be altered since this looks like a combination of a Gibson style tune-o-matic bridge and something else and it's going to be a lot higher than regular Strat saddles.
Check out their FAQ page. They do provide shims for the neck joint to help with the angle.
The other thing you can do is to try and put your trem flush against the body by removing X no of springs and then install a graphtech nut and locking tuners.
That should pretty much guarantee return to pitch. The only issue is that you don't get any upward motion.
Maybe you should consider a fully floating setup with something like a tremol-no put in at the back.
Also, check out Schaller's website if you can, i belive they have some interesting stuff as well.
But if you really want to go wild, go floyd rose or licensed by floyd rose, but that comes with its own set of headaches (believe me, i have spent hours on my floyd roses). The good thing though about floyd roses/licensed by floyd is that if they are set up correctly, they are very reliable. Also, the tone myth might be true. However i think the more rigid your bridge/guitar construction, the more sustain you'd get but in that case you should be looking at a fixed bridge or string through and neck through. There's a company called floyd upgrades that makes brass trem blocks for the various kinds of floyd roses & similar out there. Ultimately, its a mexican stand-off between how badly you want something like a floyd rose, the questionable loss in tone and whether you are prepared to modify your strat.
