Thank you for this video! Especially the acoustic part helped me make my decision, and I'm definitely getting a steel bridge. I play metal, and it's so much more mid focused and louder.
Cool vid and nice playing! Not sure what I prefer listening thru my little desk top speakers. Brass looks vintage and better to me in that regard. Going to watch your other vids to see the kit in depth.
Maple fretboard ash body use brass to sweeten the highs and fatten the lows, alder body rosewood fretboard use steel to brighten it up, or titanium depending on how much bass you're getting. Titanium retains more bass while still having the brightness of steel.
I have swapped to Brass on an Esquire to " smooth" the brittleness which can drown the mids and bass. To me your Guitar soundex fuller and broader with Brass, Thanks for the video, it is very useful. P.S. the amp you use can make a Tele sound too metalic or a good amp can make it sound massive regardless the bridge saddle type. A Marshall/Orange 1×12 sounds amazing but you have to turn em up loud to get the Warmer tone.
Brass saddles sounds a lot better in this video, i know its a matter of taste, but there's something special about brass saddles sound. Turn up the treble on your amp or pedals settings and dont look back.
Put steel on the E & A, brass on the rest. I have Affinity/Bullet type bridge, I put 3 Gotoh S21 steel on the bass side, 3 S11 brass on the treble w/ nickel wound 10s. Same on the Thinline knockoff with 59 PAFs.
For me the brass would work better, I play pop and skate punk and have actually switched from high output pick ups to low output which helps with the gain feedback. I will be adding a Wilkinson to my Classic Vibe 50's Telecaster 👍
Thank you for this video! Especially the acoustic part helped me make my decision, and I'm definitely getting a steel bridge. I play metal, and it's so much more mid focused and louder.
Cool vid and nice playing! Not sure what I prefer listening thru my little desk top speakers. Brass looks vintage and better to me in that regard.
Going to watch your other vids to see the kit in depth.
I agree with your findings. Depends on what you style, the steel was good for country and brass good for blues on a tele.
Wasn't sure until now.. I want brass!
Nice vid man, great demo. Hope you'll have more subscribers. Btw, brass is more balance, steel too bright for a tele. What pickups do you have though?
Maple fretboard ash body use brass to sweeten the highs and fatten the lows, alder body rosewood fretboard use steel to brighten it up, or titanium depending on how much bass you're getting. Titanium retains more bass while still having the brightness of steel.
I have swapped to Brass on an Esquire to " smooth" the brittleness which can drown the mids and bass. To me your Guitar soundex fuller and broader with Brass, Thanks for the video, it is very useful. P.S. the amp you use can make a Tele sound too metalic or a good amp can make it sound massive regardless the bridge saddle type. A Marshall/Orange 1×12 sounds amazing but you have to turn em up loud to get the Warmer tone.
Brass saddles sounds a lot better in this video, i know its a matter of taste, but there's something special about brass saddles sound. Turn up the treble on your amp or pedals settings and dont look back.
True! I like both, horses for courses I guess...
I really preferred the steel one. :)
Put steel on the E & A, brass on the rest. I have Affinity/Bullet type bridge, I put 3 Gotoh S21 steel on the bass side, 3 S11 brass on the treble w/ nickel wound 10s. Same on the Thinline knockoff with 59 PAFs.
E,A,D steel saddles and G,B,E brass saddles but that's just me:)
For me the brass would work better, I play pop and skate punk and have actually switched from high output pick ups to low output which helps with the gain feedback. I will be adding a Wilkinson to my Classic Vibe 50's Telecaster 👍
80s-style HO pickups suck. Just crank up the amp!
I like brass more, sounds more full
I'd go with the steel.
Flip those compensated saddles around so your playing off a round edge. The tone is miles better. True!
Nobody ever talks about STRAT bridge saddles!
I changed to stock steel because the brass broke the string so much.
Brass
No difference at all for me.
There really isn't much difference. EQ could do it.
Steel for me on EB and DG, aluminum for EA. I play in a Stones tribute band and steel works better to get that Keef krrangg