Vintage vs. Contoured Stratocaster Saddles. No more pain - only gain. Part I

Check out part II with nickel vs chrome highwood saddles here:    • Chrome vs Nickel Bridge Saddles for S...  
Do the Highwood contoured saddles that hides the height adjustment screws change the tone compared to the vintage Fender style saddles? I'm replacing my vintage ones with a set of Highwood HG Contoured Vintage S-type Saddles from Highwood guitar parts. I'm also showing some of the process where I tried to age the chrome saddles to better match the aged nickel bridge parts. This partscaster sports a set of ID: Chris Buck Radioshop Pickups.

00:00 Introduction Fiesta Red partscaster part III
00:45 Budget parts challenges
02:20 Challenges with height adjustment screws
03:10 Ageing the chrome parts
03:40 Any difference to tone?
04:30 Tones from the vintage saddles
07:11 Replacing the saddles
08:35 Tone comparison
12:03 Final thoughts