Wilkinson Locking Saddles for Fender

My Strat does pretty good, but a couple of heavy hits of that trem and the 3rd string is off by quite a bit. All the other strings stay pretty well in tune. Maybe a few cents off but not bad.

I will look into these though.
 
Session 5 said:
Just by a Godin Guitar Liveevil Tru-Lock trem baby!! Alway's stays in tune..:):cheers:
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What's interesting is the video they put on their website the dude just gently uses bar like surf music. A real test is driving the strings (or some) completely slack n back again quickly, rinse and repeat.
Perhaps also strangely is the system in my Godin with the synth is NOT considered Tru Loc yet it stays in very good tune even with heavy abuse. Guitar comes w locking tuners.

Those Wilkinson look cool.

My Yamaha RGX is a locking nut system but no need to cut yer balls off. Nice design.

Strings slide in from back.

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Derry Grehan Signature Tread 1​

SKU:
051199
UPC:
623501051199
Made in Canada

$3,210.00 CAD

$2,595.00 CAD
Godin Guitars is proud to announce the Godin Derry Grehan Signature Tread 1 model. As the main songwriter and lead guitarist for Platinum selling and Juno Award winning (Canada’s Grammys) band Honeymoon Suite, Derry’s iconic “Tread” guitar is instantly recognizable.

Made entirely in Canada to Derry’s specifications, the TR-1 is truly an iconic Canadian collaboration. With Derry’s unique “Tread” custom graphics, EMG 85 (bridge) and EMG SLV (neck) pickups and Floyd Rose Locking Trem and nut, the TR-1 made to rock!

The body features a Silver Leaf Maple center block with Poplar wings, a 25.5” scale Maple neck and fingerboard. This clever combination gives the TR-1 killer tone and outstanding playability.

“I’m So proud to be a part of the Godin Signature Model line of guitars. The attention to detail and fine craftsmanship on my new TR-1 Tread guitar is second to none. The team at Godin has really nailed it on this one! I love the guitar…..and you will too!” Derry Greha
 
C-Grin said:
Awesome, I have block saddles on a Strat or two and like them. I have been eyeballing these Wilkinson for a while now. I use the trem quite a bit and although it’s not a huge problem I would love not to have to have better tuning stability, I see no downside to something being actually better. And I will not be swapping out saddles on a vintage guitar. My Strats are all millennials or younger :ROFLMAO:
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I do deep dives with this Strat. I won’t say it is absolutely as perfect as a Floyd, but it’s very close. When I say this, I’m using a tuner to compare before and after dives; I'm not just trusting my ear. Often the return will be spot on. Sometimes, maybe just a few cents off, but essentially right there, certainly nothing at all like the issues I had before,
 
eclecticsynergy said:
These have been out for several years now.
John Suhr always said they work pretty well.
Still waiting for the price to come down.
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Cool info.

I guess I hadn’t paid enough attention before now!

Thanks for the clarification.

As for pricing, I don’t know how much lower they’ll get. If you need some, start saving now. You’ll probably have the money for them before the price comes down.

Incidentally, the price right now on Reverb is several dollars lower than the price shown on the Wilkinson website. Right now, they are $99.00 on the website, but the ones I bought were listed on Reverb at $91.26.
 
C-Grin said:
Just ordered a set
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Cool!

But, let me offer a small word of advice, and this applies to any vibrato system…Bigsby, Maestro, Strat, Floyd Rose, Kahler…whatever. All bets are off until the strings have finished stretching out and have “settled in”. In years past, I would spend hours in frustration chasing ghosts because I would change the strings and immediately want to use the vibrato, but have the guitar just not return to pitch correctly.

Even when changing strings on a Floyd Rose, I do so a couple days before I actually expect to gig with the guitar and practice with it for a few hours. I lock the nut down only after I’ve played it and had the strings on for a bit. Of course, I also stretch the strings when I put them on, but I try to give the strings a break-in period, as well.

With these new saddles I do similar; though, a little less extreme. I have, at least, manually stretched the strings out and played the guitar for a couple hours before locking down the saddles.
 
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