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Goran
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Sweden
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 Posted - 08/08/2009 : 15:15:11
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I have a dedicated Strat just for slide playing, raised nut, thicker higher strings tuned to open A.
I got the idea to put saddles from a tele to get better tone.
So I drilled the extra holes in strats sadle-plate, did some filing and on with strings.
I looked really cool and the tone became a little fatter with improved sustain and "ring".
Much better than expected!
As it is not so important on a slide guitar with exact intonation this works very well,
if used on a regular strat the same intonation problems
(we teleplayers overcome this by bending  ) will occur.
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 08/08/2009 : 17:45:01
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Hi Goran
This is a really great idea.
And nice neat workmanship as well. 
Regards Dr. Bob |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2009 : 19:02:24
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I forgot to downsize the picture  |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
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Posted - 08/08/2009 : 20:11:18
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
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Posted - 08/09/2009 : 16:07:09
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| it does not look like the saddles are compensated so how do you get exact innoation |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
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Posted - 08/09/2009 : 16:36:12
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quote:
Originally posted by Goran
I forgot to downsize the picture
Hi Goran
Now problems, I just resized it to about 33%.
Your original HiRes file, is still available if you click on the link.
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2009 : 20:27:05
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quote:
Originally posted by zerksies
it does not look like the saddles are compensated so how do you get exact innoation
There is no need for exact intonation when playing slide, you don�t fret the notes very often. You get perfect intonation using the slide. Nationals and Dobros has a staight bridge so my strat is in good company
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
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Posted - 08/09/2009 : 23:46:53
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I was about to say the same thing goran.... slide is a 'feel' thing there are no rules...i have a piece of brass pipe i use but sometimes i'll just grab a an empty pint glass or a empty beer bottle for the same....also works well for the effect live.... ...
P.S ....+1 on the new saddle work ...excellent stuff very neat... |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 07:19:40
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When on the subject I also like to show you some pictures of the guitar, not just the bridge.
This is a strat with parts from a lot of guitars, it was found in the 90�s by a friend on a garage sale in the Los Angeles area. Originally it was really dirty and had no tuners. He brought it to Sweden to fix it but I talked him into selling it to me. The frets are really worn so there was just two solutions, refret or using as a slide guitar.
As far as I know the body and pickguard is Fender ( a 70�s quite heavy body), the neck is probably a Mighty Mite, the pickups are from a Tokai late 70�s strat (manufactured by DiMarzio). The paintwork is really nice, and I had a lot of work cleaning it.
As you can see the bridge is blocked (by me) as you don�t need a trem when playing slide.
All in all it�s a really great guiter for slide work.
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