RT400N Rail Tail Narrow Tremolo System - Nickel Review

Great Bridge

I replaced the bridge on my Cory Wong Strat. It comes with a vintage style bridge but I really didn't like the feel of the saddles and the action of the trem. I watched one video online and switched it out in no time. Great upgrade to any level of stratocaster.

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Fantastic Upgrade for Tone and Looks

The Strat this was installed on is a M.I.M. Ed O'Brien (Radiohead) signature model. As a long time E-Bow player, I was really wanting a method of chording with sustain. Hence the E.O.B. Strat @ the Fernandez pickup. The problem was, the zinc block 6-point vibrato system on this strat was terrible for sustain. I blocked it - which confirmed my suspicion that the o.e.m. trem really… read more was substandard for the sustain I desired. Of course, taking my vibrato ability away from a Strat struck me us a bummer. When The Railtail came out I thought I'd wait & see after a few vids and reviews how the system was received and was impressed with what I was hearing. So I installed it. Installation was straight forward. What I have is basically a new sonic weapon. With the Fernandez sustain on, I'm essentially playing a 6 string E-Bow. Astonishing. The sustain is more solid than even blocking - seriously, the guitar "sounds" like a hardtail bridge. But you can dive. You can dive bomb all the way to the trem bar tapping the pick guard - no kidding. This Strat doesn't have locking tuners (it's got vintage, singular pole height) which are recommended by Floyd Rose. It's been a couple of weeks of really hammering away on this and the tuning has been rock solid never the less. I do have good stringing habits - a nice tight, low wind to avoid slippage. I'm using Ernie Ball .011 through .048. Also, I installed this for tone - but looking at the RailTail - I find it to be an aesthetically superior design, no post or screws showing & a highly buffed coating.

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