hardtail bridge. Vintage style

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:09 am

Looking for a vintage style top loading hardtail bridge with that raised back lip and trapezoidal shape. It's for a Tele project I intend to hybrid with the Mustang/ Duo Sonic aesthetic. thanks, Jack

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:05 am

Try for the older VM Jaguar kinda bridge?

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:59 am

oh here's one, a tornado from here http://guitarpartsresource.com/gbridge_fenderother.htm
i guess it will be a phase 2 mod, I'm running way over budget.

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:46 pm

That could work, pretty cheap too. I'd hate to have to do the through body routing though.

Wallet permitting, the Danelectro bridge is similar but it's top loading. http://www.allparts.com/SB-5800-010-Dan ... _3341.html

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:11 pm

Or just get a vintage duo / musicmaster bridge. Wait for one to pop up cheep on ebay. It is definitely worth it IMHO

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:45 pm

Wasn't there a bridge like that Dano one on one of the Squier Jaguars?

As for the Toronado bridge, if you want one with barrel saddes rather than the strat style, look up the Musicmaster bridge on angela.com which I use on my projects. It's a through body as well, but if you're already considering that with the toro bridge it's another option.

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:59 am

I can do the bridge anytime later, I don't need it to get it on there now but I'll keep looking. If I do this Bridge ting I'll have to hunt down the plate for the bridge pick up too. I kind of like this part of projects, the hunt for parts. Drilling toploader holes , is that easy enough? I'm drilling my current Affinity bridge for the "Bubba mod" (As seen on TDRPI) anyway Thanks all. Jack

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:15 am

Well top loader holes won't be possible on a Toronado bridge, or any 6 saddle through body bridge. The Danelectro bridge (and the old Vintage Modified Jag/Jazz bridge) has the saddles screwed in from the bottom, allowing for through body.

Possibly make your own bridge plate with holes from a Mustang bridge?

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:10 am

Those dano bridges are shit.

I my Doom O Sonic 2 has one of these on it.
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Cutaway-Wil ... _1806.html

If you need 6 string adjustable and top loading Schaller is the only way to go.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:30 am

daftsupernova wrote:Well top loader holes won't be possible on a Toronado bridge, or any 6 saddle through body bridge. The Danelectro bridge (and the old Vintage Modified Jag/Jazz bridge) has the saddles screwed in from the bottom, allowing for through body.

Possibly make your own bridge plate with holes from a Mustang bridge?

Eh, You could pull it off with the Musicmaster bridge, it has barrel saddles with grooves in them like the Mustang bridge, but with grub screws. You'd just have to jack the saddles up some to give a decent break angle, but it ought to work as a toploader.

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:02 am

Here's the mock up. I'm ok with the standard bridge but I just got to thinking.

It's an Affinity with belly cut ,fore arm cut and a Mustang control plate. The paint looks great overall, my plug for the old control route is visible in person, overall I'm very pleased. The fictional backstory is , say after Beatlemania, Fender had a pile of unsold Teles so they tried to groovy it up with some mod touches, to sell to country kids who had Beatlemania.
I got the 3 barrel saddles to be more period correct, also that tippy toe of the stock saddles looks awful. It will also have the plastic Mustang knobs and I got some white plastic button tuners. A Gibson style 3 way toggle will go in the lowest hole. So the bridge I want would be more appropriate with this look.
Note: I don't have much interest in the Beatles.

cur · Post by **cur** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:16 am

That is sexy. Really like it.

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:38 am

Thank you very much. I always like that look of Strats from this angle, they look like they're melting, like Dali's clock. Strats from most other angles and in the usual colors bore me. Those cuts for me are more about sex appeal than functionality.
This is the third recoat on this thing, I hate to think about what I spent on paint. The Duplicolor GM light metallic blue and the mint pickguard I got from the Pawnshop Mustang. I had Reranch on the thing but I sprayed it way too blotchy. Even my wife, who cares nothing about guitars agreed.
It was going to have a big CBS headstock and rosewood fretboard but that's now reserved for a future Wayne Kramer Strat knock off project. I did ok with yellowing the Affinity neck and I like the way it looks with the rest.

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:05 am

Wow, I really, really like that. A lot.

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:50 am

It turns out I have a hardtail, string through bridge, I can see now why it's impossible to make it a toploader. That Musicmaster bridge would most likely involve a custom pick guard and other costly things, maybe when I get better at this. And since I don't have a 12" drill press I'm not going to try string through anytime soon, especially not after the paint finally worked.

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:42 am

Here's a control plate pic. It might have two Mustang knobs, but I like this too. That silver switch tip is just some odd thing lying around on my desk that happens to fit the switch thread. I like it, but these kind of things are easily changed.

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:45 pm

Damn, that's cool. Makes me want to do something similar, but with a Mustang trem.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:28 pm

Personally I think it would look better with two of the same knob, two different knobs looks hackish.

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:56 pm

Not to worry, I have the other Mustang knob.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 5:16 am

just wanted to mention that i saw a cheap as heck top loader on the dragonfire web site just now cheap bridge