THORN Brass Knuckle 1-pc. compensated brass saddle 9-1/2" radius - Aged

Relic'd / Aged - The Thorn Brass Knuckle is a 1-pc. compensated saddle for T-style 3-saddle bridges, designed 19 years ago by Ron Thorn - the first Principal Master Builder at the Fender Custom Shop.

Increased sustain, accurate intonation, and solid coupling between strings and bridge plate.
The advantage is all 6 of the strings' energy is transferred through just 2 points of contact between the Brass Knuckle and the bridge plate, instead of 6 found on a traditional 3-saddle arrangement.

In addition, the Brass Knuckle prevents lateral saddle movement which plagues traditional 3-saddle arrangements, often resulting in uneven string spacing, high e-string flopping off the side of the fretboard, and strings hanging up on height-adjustment screws causing buzzing and horrible sustain.

Works with tradition String-thru or Top-load bridges with most non-wound G-string gauge string sets (9-42, 10-46, 11-49 etc.)

Designed to match 9-1/2" radius fretboards, but we've determined it works beautifully on vintage 7-1/4" fretboards by having a slightly higher action on the high e-string, reducing choking-out during big bends. This is likely how your 7-1/4" radius fretboard guitar's saddles are already set up with a flatter radius that this saddle has.

This listing is for the AGED 9-1/2" radius Thorn Brass Saddle for right-handed guitars and mounting hardware only (Intonation screws and height adjustment set screws included, use 2 of your 3 existing springs). The bridge plate, pickup, springs and guitar shown in the photos is not included. This is for the RELIC'd / AGED version of the Brass Knuckle saddle. See other listing for NOS / NEW polished version available, too.

For flatter radius fretboards, such as 12", 16" or compound radius - see other listings for the 12" or 16" Brass Knuckle.

This product is not affiliated with Fender / FMIC.

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