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EDIT: ignore me - you've said compensated brass. They should be no problem. Could be a slight sharp burr on the saddles?
Personally I would put steel saddles on it anyway, because I hate the sound of brass ones .
I probably wouldn't pay good money for snake-oil strings either...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've never had issues with string breaks but fitted Glendale's for another reason (grooves wearing into the the stock brass Fender saddles)
See my post here: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/103321/
These intonated Glendale saddles are excellent and the screws are flush so no grating on the palm when muting.
Using Ernie Ball .010s
I actually think any saddles are fine on a tele, except 60s threaded ones, which are stupid. They're ok on JMs/Jags, and probably floating bridges w/ a bigsby, but not on a 3-saddle tele. Harsh sound and sustain vacuum (and I barely care about sustain)
I hate brass, they have a nasty 'whangy' midrange overtone. I've never tried aluminium or titanium, which you seem to be able to get now...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Mind you, I never break strings on anything.
Not had any problems with the strings cutting into these yet, lubed them with graphite from a 2B pencil. If I have any problems in the future I'll be giving up with brass and reverting to something similar in steel.
Over last few years my string gauges have gotten lighter from 11's down to 9's my playing and pick gauge has changed to compensate for this.
Occasionally you can have a run of string breaks for no real reason, look at your playing first, sometimes it could be down to playing harder than normal, and if a string is gonna break its gonna be at the bridge.
Being tight I decided they would do fine so after a wee soak in WD40 and a a wee spin in the chuck of the drill being scrubbed with fine abrasive - especially in the slots - they look like this. They sound a bit louder acoustically then the brass I think.