Babicz FCH Tune O Matic Bridge C

Ostin tämän, jotta intonaation ja yksittäisen kielen korkeuden säätö olisi helppoa puoliakustisessa ES Les Paulissani. Juuri unboxasin tuotteen ja luulin, että sen kuin asentaa alkuperäisen tallan tilalle. ES Les Pauliin sitä ei saakaan suoraan asennettua. ES Les Paulissa on traditionaalinen ABR-1 tyypin tune-o-matic talla, jossa ruuvitapit ovat suoraan kitarassa kiinni ilman muhvia. Babicz paketissa ole orkkis ABR-1:een istuvia sovittimia. En tajunnut ostettaessa tätä. Pitää tehdä itse tai teettää sopivat sovittimet. No. Asensin sitten 2009 Les Paul Studiooni, jossa on modernimpi Nashville-tyypin tune-o-matic talla. Kyllähän tällä Babicz-tallalla on mukava säätää jokainen kieli erikseen. Mutta! Työn jälki on sovitinten kierteiden osalta vähän puutteellista. Huomasin niitä pyöritellessä, että jengat ottavat vastaan aika paljon. Luultavasti johtuu kromauksen roippeista. G-kielen action-säätöä piti herätellä aika kovakouraisesti, ennenkuin suostui liikkumaan. Paketissa tulee säätöä varten periaatteessa sopivat kuusiokoloavaimet, mutta pienempää on pakko lyhentää vaikkapa dremelillä katkaisten ensin. Se ei muuten mahdu stop-barin ja tune-o-maticin väliin, missä säätöruuvit sijaitsevat.

I bought this in order to get a more precise setup for a Fender Jaguar FSR special (MIJ). The issue is that the guitar has a Gotoh tune-o-matic with a 12'' radius while the guitar is a 9.5''.
I wanted to be able to have the string action following the fretboard radius as it was quite annoying for solos from the 12th fret onwards.
This bridge definitely solved all the issues, you can set every single string perfectly with the added benefits of better tuning stability and slightly more sustain.
I haven't used the tailpice cause I really hate the huge branding on it, although it looks like a nice piece of aluminum, way lighter than the stock Gotoh.
Overall I gave it 4 stars because for a made in Taiwan it's a bit overpriced but couldn't find another item that would have solved my problem.
If you're looking at this for more sustain, I would say it's a bit of a waste of money, but if you're the kind of person that wants to have the guitar setup perfectly, than it's definitely a good acquisition.

I got it since a few days, and unless what i thinked about 6 saddles vs tun-o-matic, it is as fast to configure for several reasons :
- the intonation is adjustable with only two screws and the saddles are already well balanced by default.
- the individual strings heights adjustment is very satisfying and i don't spend hours increasing and decreasing the tuno-o-matic left and right screws looking for an impossible compromise. It is easier to understand and to adjust the tension balance.

Product :
The packaging was damaged like if it was a second hand, one of the saddle springs was damaged at the first setting and i removed all of them because they are useless. The screws seemed gripped the first day and one of the saddle (height adjustment) was gripped as well, but it seems better now.
I keeped my inserts and my stop bar, the width is ok, the "FCH" contact is ok but i had to remove the recommended wave joints.

Sound :
It rings better then my gotoh tonepros and i suspect the strings-saddles contacts to be better for heavy gauges (10-62). Pinch harmonics are improved on thin strings.

I recommend it.