Göldo Vintage T-Style Bridge

The Kluson brand itself gives a quality quarantee. Three brass saddles and completely bent steel bridge, feels very solid. Not compensated saddles, but if you know how to use a small file, you can do it yourself.

I tried some cheaper ones, thinking that there's really no difference. And there shouldn't be, as long as the materials are right. But the problem is, that you don't really know by looking at the pictures about the materials. I once got a bridge that was supposed to have brass saddles on steel bridge, but as it turned out, the bridge was really bronze that was coated with thin nickel and saddles were aluminium coated with thin bronze! And the sound was not right.

But there is no worries with Kluson, they are right and correct vintage. In dimension and sound.

I got this for my Harley Benton telecaster, a lot for visual reason as I like the way the brass saddles look, but I also thought it might improve the sounds lightly and perhaps help keep the guitar in tune as well.

It was easy to install as I didn't need to drill any additional holes, and overall I've been happy with it as the guitar does stay in tune fairly well and I can't complain about the sound either.

However, I have to admit that I'm considering swapping this one out for one with independent saddles as you really can't get the intonation spot on on all the strings simultaneously.

This is just a flaw of the design though and not a problem with the product itself, and some people might not have an issue with intonation not being perfect either.

All in all, the price is perfect and I got exactly what I paid for, so if you're looking for an old-school style tele bridge, look no further than this.

No need to comment on the sound, it's well-known how brass saddles improve Telecaster's with maple fretboards, and other reviewers are unanimous about that authoritative bell-tone. I have an Affinity Tele that sounded good with its zinc-alloy saddles, but it could be improved for little money with the Kluson components

However Squier Affinity Tele's have a bridge that's not compatible with Fender/Kluson bridges. So I only took the brass saddles, and tapped them to the metric 4mm size.

Then I put 4x40mm screws instead of the original american-standard screws. The original springs were too short, needed some extra length but that's easy to find.

The Affinity's bridge plate needs three extra 4mm holes at the rear, that's okay because that steel is not too difficult to drill. I also sanded the saddles down to 20.4mm length instead of 21mm, so they would not touch each other, for better note separation.

And that's it, for less than 20 euros I converted a promising "cheap" guitar into a true-sound Telecaster.

My first impression was very good. The bridge is beautifully made - no sharp edges at all and very nicely polished and plated. The are no scratches from the tooling and no sharp corners. A Fender ash tray bridge cover also fits perfectly. . The plate is made of .060" steel. I board this part for my selfmade telecaster. It fits very well all holes were on the right places like the standart Fender Highway class. The bridge ist manly for stringhthrough option. The Sound with the original. with the compensate sattle the bridge is to get in tune very easy. the Sound compared to an Fender American standart: The guitar definitely sounds "livelier" yet still has all the sustain one could hope for. Mids and trebles are very good and it doesn't sound shrill. This bridge is staying on the guitar.

Very good piece for that price for me better than the original part

Firstly this looks and feels like a quality item, with a great fish. It is also flat (unlike many of the fender counterparts) and so it sits perfectly flush on the body, in theory transferring string vibration more efficiently.

Tonal changes from the fender plate that I noticed after fitting on the same guitar (with the saddles as well) were a brighter tone, more even string to string balance, greater touch sensitivity, and with gain pinch harmonics are easier to get.

I've not tried the boutique bridge plates but my suspicion is that this gives most of the benefits they offer at a far more affordable price.

There is really little cost difference between this and the fender version but having used both in the same instrument I can tell you with confidence this is better.