Telecaster string breakage

[Wil]

I've just replaced the stock saddles on my strat with string savers. I was breaking a string at the bridge every rehearsal without fail so I figured it had to be the saddles (which were pretty rough looking "vintage" style Fender items). Time will tell how it works out but I've spent a good few hours noodling and doing some big bends without a breakage yet.

[MoonBassAlpha]

Update - I'd forgotten about this thread! I put Graphtech saddles on for him just before Christmas, also coinciding with us not playing much. He broke a string last week - this first one since the change, so the jury is out on this so far. He is trying to play softer and turn the amp up more, we will see. Years of acoustic scrubbing will be hard to erase from his technique, I suspect.