Hantug + Brandon Ellis: Machining Titanium Tremolo Saddles

I did a tour recently of the Hantug facility in Ankara, which was unbelievably cool! They put together this video of me operating a CNC machine for the first time, their Haas VF-2 TRT160, to make some titanium tremolo saddles. I wonder who will wind up with these on their guitar!
These are my locking tremolos of choice, and I am slowly putting them on all of my Jackson and Charvel guitars. Truly boutique quality guitar hardware made in small production batches by a handful of great human beings.
Check out their website and their eBay store below:
www.hantug.com
www.ebay.com/str/hantug

[@Jeffmetal42]

Oh great... He's getting into milling guitar parts. Just going to be a beast @ everything eh? 💪😄

[@Guaguadeath]

Dude I'm currently a CNC machinist I had to reread this title three times lol to see someone from Black Dahlia machining while it's bumping in the background is fucking awesome and something I never thought I'd see😂 🤘

[@XxGDUBxX7]

That's pretty metal 🤘

[@jswazz9264]

Rad - been looking forward to seeing more about this brand

[@mastathrash5609]

There is nothing more metal then Milling your own metal Parts! I love everything about this! Respect.

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

For a minute here I thought Brandon just somehow got a CNC machine and started making his own pieces like its nothing. This is cool I love milled metal stuff.

[@lethevianrhapsody3220]

Loves from Turkey , nice technical drawing 😂😂

[@gavendelrio9193]

Dude of the decade!! B. Ellis!

[@james-gb3jk]

Killer, bro ! Innovation is what it's all about 😊

[@danlatulip4953]

Damn it Brandon!
Former tool and die/ N.C. machinist
Good to see your MORE than just a incredible guitar player
Keep it up bro
💪😎🤘

[@TheLarousse89]

A metal guy working on metal with metal music is like the brutal version of those bluesy bluegrass guys doing woodworking and I’m here for it

[@tom_dilley]

O.o those bridges are $999

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

Yeah and about half of that for a stainless steel one but even at $550 for the SS version it is out of my budget.
I will just keep using the Gotoh1996t. Never had a single issue with these in over 15 years now.

[@jorge_tati]

hey brandon! do you make them yourself? what a great job my friend!!! congratulations!!!

[@irmasil3]

Metal :) Looking forward to some actual off-the-self Brandon Ellis FR parts....Would be interesting! If reasonably priced, Im buying!

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

The bridge is itself is $999 so the chances of the parts being "reasonably" priced is very doubtful. 😁

[@m3m3sis]

i wonder will tungsten be the next toneblock and hardware upgrade in materials.

[@BrandonEllisGtr]

I have a tungsten block from Hantug, also a prototype tremolo arm that has a 2 inch tungsten tip to create more flutter! Works great

[@mastathrash5609]

​@@BrandonEllisGtrTop Secret Tungsten Trem?! 😮 Dooood!

[@itteo]

Good lord, what can't this guy do😅

[@ckngmad1357]

What are u doin man

[@scottg8660]

Cutting titanium on a haas, that's brave lol

[@kevinkeith3530]

He's like the Elon Musk of metal

[@NikolajChristensen]

That's rough dude. Don't compare him to spacekaren :(

[@TurdJesus]

So that’s how you afford all those guitars 😂