CoffeeTones wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:47 am
Cool, do you think brass or stainless steel would tweak the bride tone? Probably not as much as on a standard Tele bridge but if you get a lot of feedback / brightness, it might be worth a shot. Suppose to be an eddy current thing from what I've read. Some of the stock Teles came with brass bridges. I believe the American and Custom Shop versions. I'd have to check them again them to be sure. It's been a while. Some lower grades of stainless will attract a magnet, but a lot less than plain steel.
I can't say much about using a steel bridge on a Tele, but I tried one on my LP once and did not like it. I know, a different animal, but maybe not so much with the same woods? The highs were brighter, but there were less mids, and the bass got a tad bit too boomy. It also seemed to focus more on the fundamental note, and less with the harmonics. Which is possibly what made the bass a more boomy. With this steel bridge, I was also using steel bridge post, steel thumbwheels, and steel TP studs, so maybe just too much steel altogether. I still use the steel TP studs, wouldn't have it any other way, but the rest got swapped out as fast as I could do it.