Telecaster owners: do me a favour?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:19 pm

Well hello there. Would one of you lovely telecaster owning shortscalers do me a favour please? Could you measure the height of the string off the body of the guitar (not off the bridgeplate) as close to the bridge as possible please? So I guess at the edge of the bridgeplate. Trying to suss out if I can sneak a cut-down tele bridge onto the danomosritebitsacaster.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:22 pm

I will when I get home.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:32 pm

Thank you very much.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:41 pm

It's about 12mm (7/16" to 15/32") using my tape measure on my Aerodyne Tele.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:00 pm

WHAM!

Beat me to it.

I'll still provide to get some sort of mean average though.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:05 pm

Yeah, the Aerodyne isn't exactly typical in some ways... though I imagine that the bridge height is standard.
But, different setups, different measures.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:06 pm

Would actually appreciate a few measurements, so thanks all.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:44 pm

12 1/2 mm low E, 11 1/2 mm high E

George · Post by **George** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:56 pm

Very odd. On my CVC it's 1 inch and 1/32 (give or take). Maybe my neck is higher off the body. My action is about 5/64".

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:03 pm

GeorgeF wrote:Very odd. On my CVC it's 1 inch and 1/32 (give or take). Maybe my neck is higher off the body. My action is about 5/64".

Seriously? I just measured my Jazz Bass, and it was only ~1/2", 13mm from the body to the bottom of the E string. 1 1/32" seems like one hell of a gap for a Telecaster

George · Post by **George** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:07 pm

Fucking moron. Was reading the wrong end of the ruler. Tough day at work etc *ahem*

About 12mm

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:09 pm

Oh good

I was trying to picture how your bridge was set up, 'cause it would have to be something more like a TOM or something than standard Tele setups.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:11 pm

I'm looking at the ruler and laughing at myself. So stupid. An inch?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:22 pm

Thank you all very much x.