Re: A new idea for a Tele/Jazzmaster design...Bigsby Tele bridge plate w/JM trem!

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:06 pm

Check this thing out...

I just thought about this today...A Bigsby Tele bridge plate so one would be able to keep the JM trem, while installing a Tele bridge pickup. Also, the metal surrounding the pickup makes it sound more Tele-like. I put a Jag control plate and a Tele-esque finish on it to give it a Tele vibe. I really like this, and I'd love to build one! A Tele neck pickup would work, too...

As an Esquire....

With a more Tele looking pickguard...

JazzBlaster · Post by **JazzBlaster** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:07 pm

RumorsOFsurF wrote: With a more Tele looking pickguard...

I've had that idea before, I like this one alot.

Stereordinary · Post by **Stereordinary** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:17 am

I like it, but I think it would be cooler to use a standard Tele bridge plate. For one, I think they look cooler. And for two, you could choose which strings to anchor on the trem and have some anchored through the body, for some B-bender action!

jop · Post by **jop** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:03 am

stereordinary wrote: I like it, but I think it would be cooler to use a standard Tele bridge plate. For one, I think they look cooler. And for two, you could choose which strings to anchor on the trem and have some anchored through the body, for some B-bender action!

+1

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:49 am

doing this on one of my projects, still waiting on the body

BenHagerty · Post by **BenHagerty** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:14 pm

Eh, that picture doesn't do it for me. Maybe if I saw it in real life my opinion would be reversed.

Maggieo · Post by **Maggieo** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:01 pm

Two words: Maple Neck.

Dinosauria · Post by **Dinosauria** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:29 pm

It's closer, but it still looks bitty.

waxcurrents · Post by **waxcurrents** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:08 am

that tele-esque pickguard actually works pretty well in a way i never expected. cool idea if you were going to do a jazz/jag without the rhythm circuit.

stereordinary wrote: And for two, you could choose which strings to anchor on the trem and have some anchored through the body, for some B-bender action!

oh...i have to try this out now...come up with some crazy combinations and use for some crazy noise rock.

Shadoweclipse13 · Post by **Shadoweclipse13** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:20 pm

RumorsOFsurF wrote:

Zombie thread! I didn't feel like starting a new thread for this, but I wonder how this would look with the alternately shaped Mastery bridge:

I keep thinking that this pickup configuration with either a JM or Bigsby tremolo would be my perfect baritone. Imagine this on a Firebird?!?

QualityMusic · Post by **QualityMusic** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:24 pm

I think it would look amazing

kdanie · Post by **kdanie** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 5:34 pm

I built a plate like that for a members tele/jm mashup a while ago, not too difficult to make in aluminum.

ken