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 Strat....   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