CV Duosonic Saddle Measurements / Will they fit MIM duo?

bigbluezuk · Post by **bigbluezuk** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:01 am

My strings tend to slide around on the stock MIM duo saddles. Does anybody remember seeing a thread that discusses the new CV duo saddles fitting the stock MIM string spacing/etc? The CV saddles have slots in them correct?

Thanks.

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:04 am

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bigbluezuk · Post by **bigbluezuk** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:10 am

spirograph wrote:ive got one, had it since new, and its got slotted saddles! so im guessing yourz aint origional

This is an interesting development. The stock pickups looked suspicious too; are yours ceramic or alnico?

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:35 am

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bigbluezuk · Post by **bigbluezuk** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:39 am

spirograph wrote:no idea. they stopped workin a few years ago, so i put some kent armstrong pickups in it, a hotrails at bridge, n a coolrails at the neck. sounds awesome now. sounded good before to be fair. i think the stock pickups are standard mex strat pickups. but i did read somewhere that theyre fender texmex, but i aint certain.

I cant find replacement saddles/bridges for these mim reissues. Wonder if the CV saddles will fit? They are cheap and abundant.

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:45 am

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bigbluezuk · Post by **bigbluezuk** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:47 am

spirograph wrote:quite possibly, but if they dont, you shudnt have too much trouble finding some that do, i believe that theyre just tele saddles, and theres no shortage of telecasters in the world. too many if anything. besides, theres another option - the fender toronado uses the same baseplate, but has 6saddles, and is string-thru. its a common mod on these, id do it myself but i cant afford to!

I've read on here that you have to use a spacer under it. I think that might look janky.

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:57 am

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bigbluezuk · Post by **bigbluezuk** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:02 am

spirograph wrote:im sure you could make a spacer invisible (ie, smaller than the bridge footprint, but not too much!). or maybe to hell with a spacer, and jack the saddles real high? dunno if theres enough travel in the toronado saddle screws for that, but they just strat saddles, so im sure there must be some extra-long saddle screws out there somewhere. just curious - are your saddles angled (compensated for intonation's sake)? mine are. original teles had straight saddles, but getting angled ones is easy enough, i think.

These saddles are just barrels, look like classic tele-style. Can you snap a picture of yours?
Picture of mine here:
http://shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44377

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:19 am

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spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:15 am

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