Anybody here tried Titanium saddles or a full bridge?

[neilli]

I looked into them a while back and I could get the complete Floyd setup for around $700, or just the saddles (I think from MF) for $300 or so. I kind of lost momentum on it, but have started thinking about it again recently and wondered if anybody here had given them a try?...

 

[rushcentrale]

I just wanted to tell the OP almost 11 years after they asked that I just put a set of Ti saddles on my Machete today and they're awesome. They were from ebay and it says they were MIJ, but I'm sure they're MIC. I got em to lose my Floyd shims. These saddles have a 16" radius, so it's a perfect fit no shims on my Machete.

At $80 for the set, they're not cheap, but they came with the string locking blocks, intonation screws, fine tuning screws and string retainer screws all made of Ti alloy. This is cheaper than getting the official set of counterpart zinc or brass parts from FL

Although everything was a drop in replacement with no issues there, I had to lower the action and tighten the trem springs, but that could be in part because I went from D'Addario 10s to DR Tite Fits.

Looks really cool and I think the guitar sounds better unplugged, but that could be fresh strings.

 

[ners]

Haven't pulled the trigger but also looking into titanium FR stuff and eyeing https://www.fu-tone.com/

 

[Exo-metal]

I just wanted to tell the OP almost 11 years after they asked that I just put a set of Ti saddles on my Machete today and they're awesome. They were from ebay and it says they were MIJ, but I'm sure they're MIC. I got em to lose my Floyd shims. These saddles have a 16" radius, so it's a perfect fit no shims on my Machete.

At $80 for the set, they're not cheap, but they came with the string locking blocks, intonation screws, fine tuning screws and string retainer screws all made of Ti alloy. This is cheaper than getting the official set of counterpart zinc or brass parts from FL

Although everything was a drop in replacement with no issues there, I had to lower the action and tighten the trem springs, but that could be in part because I went from D'Addario 10s to DR Tite Fits.

Looks really cool and I think the guitar sounds better unplugged, but that could be fresh strings.


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Damn!!!!! Now I really want that machete!!!