Fender import strat saddle....how to tell what i have?

[dazco]

I just swapped saddles 4 times on my main strat with saddle in the old parts drawer that have been there for many years. I tried 4 sets and none sounded as good as the callahams that were one it till the 4th set. But i wanted to can the callahams because they were too wide of a spacing for the bridge i had them one. It is apparently a mij or mim bridge, tho not sure. Anyways, of the 4 sets i tried 2 were fender and one set sounded horrible. The 4th set i tried was also fender and this one just nailed the tone. It sounds so much better than even the calahams that i just gotta know what they are.

as far as i can figure they have to be either from a 90's MIJ import RI strat, one of those ones that had basswood bodies, or a MIM RI strat. Those and American RI's are the only strats with vintage bridges i have owned, so it's gotta be from one of those. I think the USA saddles would be wider, right? These are the shorter saddle width which must be MIJ or MIM. Were the MIM RI's USA width or the same smaller width as MIJ? If the same, how might i tell if these are from a MIJ RI or MIM RI? As good as these sound i'd actually buy a guitar with them just to get a set if i need another set ! (it's subtle, but not to me) I think they must be MIJ because the finish looks more vintage nickel while the other set thats the same width looks almost chrome like. Bother have the same fender logo stamped in with the same letter size and placement.

[K-Line]

The MIJ would not be stamped and be 10.8mm wide from what I recall. MIM RI and the USA RI stuff were stamped.

[dazco]

Well then i'm really stumped. I have only had one MIM strat RI, and i have 2 sets of that size (10.8) with fender stamped on them. I don't know where i could have gotten one set. I've had a few japan RI's tho.

[t***9]

I'm looking at a set of saddles here from a Fender Japan '68 RI CIJ Strat and they are stamped Fender. Also have a '57 Fender RI MIJ Strat that's at the Tech and will check that when I get it back this week.