The Audible Steel saddles are designed for musicians by a musician (me). My design includes these 4 benefits:

• Enhanced Tone
• Improved Resonance 
• Tuning stability
• Minimize string breakage at saddle end

I’ve been playing the guitar professionally for more than 35 years, and the Strat is my favorite. 

However, there were a couple of things that bothered me as a professional musician. One was that the strings tended to break at the saddle end. The other was the tuning instability, especially when using the tremolo. 

In addition, I noticed some variations in vintage Strat saddle design. When I was serving as the caretaker of a large collection of vintage Stratocasters, I had noticed that the vintage saddle steel gauges were not consistent. This meant that each vintage guitar had a unique tone. 

Since I also have deep experience in sheet metal manufacturing, I researched each of these issues, and designed and tested prototypes to address them. I tested my saddle prototypes on a number of these vintage Strats. 

My final design addressed these manufacturing variations and enhanced the sound of a good Strat. The Audible Steel™ saddles bring out a range of pretty frequencies and an overall improved sustain and tuning stability. 

If you listen to this video (below) with a nice pair of speakers you’ll hear the improvement that I’m talking about. We have not used anything in the signal chain except a basic reverb.

Note: Our saddles are compatible with all S-style and some T-style guitars.