ABM VCS-Saddles

I bought these for my Fender US Tele instead of the standard vintage saddles for a better tone and sustain.

They lift the tone in the highs and the sustain is noticeably improved.

But they do cut thru strings (10-46) very fast. Even the 5th A string was only 1 month old before it snapped. This has never happened with the standard saddles and I have therefor removed them and reverted to the standard saddles.

Pros : Betters the tone and sustain
Cons : Snaps the string rather fast making it uncertain and unreliable in most circumstances.

Solution is to have a pro smooth the sharp edges out so they dont cut into the strings.