mustang bridge?

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:19 am

quick question,whats the best replacement for a standard mustang bridge?

im looking for a tunomatic, that has the right width etc...

thankyou

Matt

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:40 am

Why do you want to replace it? What are the stock bridge's problems?

If you're looking for tuning stability or something, properly setting up the stock bridge and tremolo is your best bet.

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:45 am

its for a mustang project, and im kind of on a low budget.

i live in australia so itd cost me about 50 bucks to get a mustang one over here.

a tunomatic one i can get anywhere alot cheaper.

aen · Post by **aen** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:41 am

I've heard those are pretty handy, especially if you have a heavy hand.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:15 am

I've got a Jag bridge and the mounting cups going cheap(er) if your interested?

MaMo · Post by **MaMo** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:21 pm

hendrix1234 wrote:its for a mustang project, and im kind of on a low budget.

i live in australia so itd cost me about 50 bucks to get a mustang one over here.

a tunomatic one i can get anywhere alot cheaper.

I'd save up for the mustang bridge. Tune-o-matics don't measure up right and lift your high + low E strings up further from the fretboard than the others. Fender's "Adjust-o-Matic" that they've been putting on the new Mexican Jags might work, but they'll probably run the same as a Mustang bridge.

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:42 am

i ended up ordering a mustang bridge from gpr, 65 bucks to australia

, friggin conversion.

it had to be done, i cant wait to get all the parts, hopefully next week.

ive got the body coming, tailpiece/bridge,pickguard and control plate, ive got all the other parts.

quick question, what colour would you guys suggest? ive ordered a black pickguard and its goin to have fender noiseless pup with black covers?

cheers for ur help

astro · Post by **astro** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:38 am

Black pickguards are always a winner in my books.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:36 am

hendrix1234 wrote:quick question, what colour would you guys suggest? ive ordered a black pickguard and its goin to have fender noiseless pup with black covers?

if the PG and covers are black i'd say white. or black for complete stealth, maybe.

MaMo · Post by **MaMo** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:10 pm

stewart wrote:
hendrix1234 wrote:quick question, what colour would you guys suggest? ive ordered a black pickguard and its goin to have fender noiseless pup with black covers?
if the PG and covers are black i'd say white. or black for complete stealth, maybe.

+1 for stealth

roofiez · Post by **roofiez** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:37 pm

hendrix1234 wrote:i ended up ordering a mustang bridge from gpr, 65 bucks to australia , friggin conversion.

Well done!

sonicboom · Post by **sonicboom** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:42 pm

Hmmm, I'm not sure about the full-on stealth look on a 'Stang.
Interesting, but.

MaMo · Post by **MaMo** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:45 pm

sonicboom wrote:Hmmm, I'm not sure about the full-on stealth look on a 'Stang.
Interesting, but.

Dope. More so with a maple neck, tho.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:09 pm

lordy... this is what the world needs more of.

as long as i own them all.

astro · Post by **astro** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:53 am

stewart wrote:lordy... this is what the world needs more of.

as long as i own them all.

Once you've gone black, you can never go back...

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:55 am

yeh i was thinking black, but i have had so many guitars that were black/black, i should have got a white guard as well.

im not into the white either, but there isnt a lot of colours i can think of that would go well with a black guard? candy apple red would go but my jaguar is already that colour

looks like photoshop, testing out colours with a black guard is on the cards.

although that picture u posted of the black stang stewart does look very nice.

cheers,
Matt