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Set screws are below the surface, and the plastic feels smoother on your hand when palm muting than the pointy edged bent pot metal saddles that came with this guitar. Whether or not the "Tusq" material actually sounds better than metal is subjective. I'd say it reduces the treble so it sounds smoother or maybe warmer, if that's the right word. Let me put it this way: Now, instead of a chord sounding like "CHANG!" it sounds more like "BROMM" The width is perfect for Made in Mexico Fender strat or Indonesian Squier bullet strat (tried it on both) It comes with both regular length intonation screws and longer ones, but for my six-screw bridges, the long ones are useless, as the saddle would be riding up one of the 6 tremolo pivot screws, and the screw would cover the hole where the string comes up thru the bridge plate from underneath. I didn't like that the slots on the intonation screw heads are phillips #1, vs Fender's phillips #2. Bigger screw head slots just feel comfy and precise to me when working with them, though there isn't enough tension on these screws to cause head stripping or burring and there's no functional difference. The threads are different than the stock Fenders, so you can't just sub those screws in. As for the claim on the back of the packaging that your strings will last for twice as many plucks with Tusq saddles, I never break strings so I can't comment on that. I also don't care for the color... since I installed these black saddles on a red guitar with white pickguard, it makes me look like a sports fan (Blazers, Bulls, Falcons, etc). The bridge plate is chrome, so these stand out. On a black bridge plate (or next to a black pickguard) they'd look pretty nice, I'm sure.