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Re: standard strat bridge replacement

9/16/1999 4:04 PM
Doc	Re: standard strat bridge replacement My guess is that the vintage style tremelo bridge assemblies supplied with Fender MIJ strats are japanese made, and most likely by Gotoh anyway. The one from AllParts or from StewMac for instance should be a direct replacement. One tip: Measure the distance from #1 to #6 mounting screw on your guitar. Also, measure the spacing between your outer E-strings at the string intonation point on the bridge saddles. Do the same on the new (prospective) bridge assebly. As long as the six mounting screw holes fall into place there won't be any work to installing it. If the string spacing is same or near the same, your strings will fall along the same lines on the fingerboard they do now. The only critical thing is if a string lies too close or too far away from the edge. In the first case, the string will keep falling off the edge on mild bends. The second case, strings too far inward, it may bother certain players with shorter fingers (that's me!). I prefer the vintage setup more than the AmStd or MexStd guitars. YMMV. Hope this helps.

9/16/1999 4:04 PM

Doc

Re: standard strat bridge replacement

My guess is that the vintage style tremelo bridge assemblies supplied with Fender MIJ strats are japanese made, and most likely by Gotoh anyway. The one from AllParts or from StewMac for instance should be a direct replacement. One tip: Measure the distance from #1 to #6 mounting screw on your guitar. Also, measure the spacing between your outer E-strings at the string intonation point on the bridge saddles. Do the same on the new (prospective) bridge assebly. As long as the six mounting screw holes fall into place there won't be any work to installing it. If the string spacing is same or near the same, your strings will fall along the same lines on the fingerboard they do now. The only critical thing is if a string lies too close or too far away from the edge. In the first case, the string will keep falling off the edge on mild bends. The second case, strings too far inward, it may bother certain players with shorter fingers (that's me!). I prefer the vintage setup more than the AmStd or MexStd guitars. YMMV.

Hope this helps.

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JohnC >Hope this helps.Ye... -- 9/16/1999 11:37 PM