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GRAPH TECH STRING SAVER PG-8000-00 – CLASSICS STRAT & TELE STYLE SADDLES – 2 1/6“ STRING SPACING – BRUSHED STEEL FINISH: The PG-8000-00 is a set of six String Saver Classics for a Strat or Tele style guitar with a 2 1/16" string spacing with a brushed steel finish. They have a small String Saver insert in the saddle to dramatically reduce string breakage and improve tuning stability. Included with the set is an extra set of slightly longer intonation screws to be used with a Telecaster. String Saver Classics are made with an extremely high quality steel saddle with our patented String Saver material inserted in the string ramp. String Saver Classics preserve the classic bite of a metal saddles while freeing you from the problem of breaking strings. Each saddle is impregnated with PTFE, the slipperiest substance on earth. The PTFE in String Savers eases the grip between the saddle and string, spreading the stress over a greater portion of the string, just enough to drastically reduce string breakage. New material improves sustain and enhances the life span of the strings. FEATURES: - Improved tuning stability - Increased harmonic content - Impregnated with PTFE - 1 Piece SPECS: - Dimensions in inches: (L x W x H): 0.815 x 0.410 x 0.212 (E to E: 2.076 inch) - Dimensions in mm: (L x W x H): 20.94 x 10.41 x 5.83 (E to E: 52.73 mm).
TTB
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024
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AlConrad
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2024
I really like these saddles. I originally had bent steel saddles. I upgraded to improve sustain. A bonus is it made the tone slightly warmer, which is great because the guitar had a very bight tone that I struggled eq'ing.One slight nuisance was that the screws don't screw in all the way. I needed to pull the saddles very far back to set the intonation. I ended up cutting the screws. So maybe I'd take half a star off, but they do provide 2 sets of screws, so I have a spare.Overall I love the saddles and I'm very happy with the upgrade.
SithTracy
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2020
I liked the sound with the bent steel saddles, and this is just a very subtle change in tone and sustain. Almost inaudible. But they are an improvement on the back of the hand from hitting the cheese grater adjustments screws. These are a bit pricey, but look perfect with the chrome bridge. I have been pleased with Graph Tech string trees and TUSQ nuts so I went with the string savers to do just that. I had only broken one string on the bent steel saddles, but I like this brand and have not broken a string to date. The look great on the guitar (but Strats look great anyway).
Headhunter 6
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2019
These are good and good looking saddles, but with a serious flaw. The Teflon string groove in each saddle has a slight lip on each side of dead center perhaps .0001 mm that can catch lighter strings and prevent them from anchoring in the center depth of the groove. This is hardly visually noticeable when stringing the guitar, but will produce a slightly flat tinny sound or even a faint buzz that is barely perceptible but enough to mess up one’s playing fun. I discovered this when I put a brand new set of strings on but couldn’t get the sound quite right. Thought it might be a suddenly troublesome neck nut or a suddenly high fret. After a few minutes of troubleshooting these, I found this saddle issue. If you have this problem look closely at the string (usually high e b g) and if it is just a smidge off true center of the saddle, this is your problem. GraphTech needs to redesign the Teflon saddle portion to fix this issue.
Writewheel
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2019
This is my second purchase of these saddles. The first was installed for me in my Dean Zelinsky strat clone. This set was installed by me in a "pawnshop prize" Yamaha Pacifica. Wow...a noticeable difference in sustain and clarity. More importantly, I have already experienced the increased tuning stability that these offer and am once again really glad I did this. It was a bit daunting to get the height and intonation correct, but I took many measurements before I started. A minor quibble is that one of the set screws didn't want to turn as easily as all the others. For my playing style, these are a big plus since I like to "palm" the trem and now it is a nearly flat and comfortable surface compared to what they replaced on this guitar.
daverack
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2019
what a difference between these and the stock bent steel fender saddles. the stock saddles have no indentation to keep the string from shifting left and right and would go out of tune almost immediately even with stretched strings. after putting on the new graph techs my strat is holding tune...even with brand new strings. these should be stock on strats.
dbot3000
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2013
These installed without issue on my Mexican Strat with tremolo. They look better than the standard saddles, they maintain the stock string spacing, and the screws aren't jabbing my hand any more. Well-done Graph Tech.
Paul J. Escamilla
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2011
I have always been a chronic string-breaker. especially when I'm doing big bends. For years I've suffered and cursed as I've broken high E and B strings at a rapid pace. It got so bad that one weekend I broke strings on 3 different Strats while practicing. I had taken to buying E and B strings in bulk...Then I read about these String Savers, and I knew I had to give them a shot. Since my strings almost always broke at the saddles, I felt like these were made for me. I like the classic look of these over the black String Savers, but they're fairly expensive...so what I decided to do is to buy a set of these, and then divide them up on 3 strats, putting two on each guitar at the high E and B strings.and guess what? in almost two months, i've yet to break a string!!! Not once! And I play for hours and hours on the weekends and for at least an hour every weeknight. i bend like crazy. and not one string break! it seems too good to be true, but i'm not lying. these String Savers are a god-send.when you bend your strings, its metal rubbing on metal, the string against the saddle, and that friction just eats into the string and kills it. with these babies, the friction is almost nonexistent, so the strings slide smoothly and stay strong. like i said, for a string-breaker like me, these are a must-have.
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