TV-Rails Stainless Steel 3+2 Set — Compensated Tele-Style Saddles

Compensated TV-Rail® saddles keep the traditional three-saddle Tele-style architecture while improving paired-string intonation and giving each string a precise, secure V-shaped contact. This 3+2 Mix & Match Stainless Steel set adds two alternative-material saddles so you can shape the response of each string pair without buying three complete sets.

Set composition: 3 × stainless steel + 1 × brass + 1 × 7075 aluminum.

Why TV-Rails

• Three compensated saddle positions for the E/A, D/G and B/e string pairs
• Machined offset contact points improve the practical intonation relationship within each pair
• Finished V-shaped contacts center the strings and require no conventional slot filing
• Plain- or wound-G configuration by changing the D/G saddle orientation
• Right- or left-handed configuration using the same saddle architecture
• 54 mm overall E-to-e string spacing · 10.8 mm individual spacing

Material & tone shaping

Stainless steel is the most focused and attack-led direction in the standard TV-Rails range.

• Strong attack and clear upper-harmonic detail
• Focused definition and string separation
• Useful when the lower strings need more cut or precision
• 3 stainless-steel saddles plus brass and 7075-aluminum alternatives for pair-by-pair tuning

A useful KMS starting combination is stainless steel at E/A for focused bass definition, 7075 aluminum at D/G for an open middle range, and brass at B/e for body and controlled treble. It is a starting point, not a prescribed final combination.

Current hardware

• Intonation screws: Brass · 6-32 UNC · Phillips + full-width slot combination head · nickel-plated or bare as selected
• Saddle-height screws: Nickel-plated carbon steel · 6-32 UNC · rounded tips
• Dual springs: 6 mm outer compression spring + 4.5 mm inner stabilizing spring per saddle; usable coupled or separately where setup requires

Compatibility

TV-Rails are saddle upgrades for compatible three-saddle T-style bridge plates. Confirm the actual bridge-plate geometry, intonation-screw positions and travel, 6-32 hardware clearance, saddle-height range, string path and 54 mm overall spacing. They do not automatically convert a modern six-saddle bridge plate into a three-saddle system.

The V contacts are finished geometry and should not be filed, widened or reshaped.

Technical guides

• TV-Rails Product Guide
• TV-Rails Installation & Setup

Telecaster® is a registered trademark of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.