Finding a XII bridge

Post by **zhivago** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:47 am

I think that's the way I'm gonna go with it...just get a Strat XII....saves the hassle of turning the world upside down to find one.

afterall, the complete XII bridge that was on for sale on ebay a few months ago went for $300 I think....

jrkirkish · Post by **jrkirkish** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:25 am

So zhivago, would you be willing to send the bridge off to a machinist or fabricator when you get your Strat XII? What with this bridge being very valuable, it just makes sense that you could make some money selling copies of a XII bridge. You might even make money, depending on how much the machinist would cost, etc...

We just need to find somebody who can fabricate this...

Post by **zhivago** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:33 am

if I knew someone who could do it, I would...unfortunately I don't know of any machinists here in London....

in all fairness I wonder if the cost f making another bridge (or even 5-10 of them) would be cost effective....and who would actualy buy them...apart from you and me!!

I keep reading about people wanting to machine bits but noone ever actualy does it....which makes me think it's not as simple as people make it out to be

I remember people wanting Bass VI pup selector plates which are way simpler to make, and I'm not sure if that happened either...

jrkirkish · Post by **jrkirkish** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:19 am

It shouldn't be that hard to make. At least the bridge plate. I don't know about the individual saddles, though.

All you would need is a band saw, a press break and a drill press, and you could make your own XII bridges. the plates atleast.

I think what I'm going to do is make a bridge plate that will accept the saddles off of the Gotoh 12-string bridge. It's not going to be pretty, but it'll work. There's a bonus in that the fact that we already have tracings of the XII bridge plate.

I think it would be worth looking into finding someone to make XII bridges. Somebody could easily sell 5 on this board alone, and that doesn't even consider the eBay factor - I'm betting a repro XII bridge could bring in $300.

mjet · Post by **mjet** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:56 pm

I just got some photos from a current ebay auction that are interesting - details of a Telecaster (!!) XII bridge. Apparently the saddles and block (back ferrule plate too) are the same, just the bridge plate is different. Freaky, eh?

Mr M · Post by **Mr M** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:30 am

has anyone talked to the Fender Custom Shop about having a XII bridge made ?

mjet · Post by **mjet** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:50 am

Mr M wrote: has anyone talked to the Fender Custom Shop about having a XII bridge made ?

No, but it's well known that they will - so long as it's attached to a Custom Shop guitar. They will not sell parts separately.

Mr M · Post by **Mr M** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:54 am

mjet260 wrote:
Mr M wrote: has anyone talked to the Fender Custom Shop about having a XII bridge made ?
No, but it's well known that they will - so long as it's attached to a Custom Shop guitar. They will not sell parts separately.

Thank you.

jrkirkish · Post by **jrkirkish** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:54 pm

Mr M wrote: has anyone talked to the Fender Custom Shop about having a XII bridge made ?

I had someone talk to fender Japan; the place where I would assume they would have some leftover bridges from the Venus XII.

They are out of XII bridges, and don't plan on making more.

Stereordinary · Post by **Stereordinary** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:53 pm

I found a Squier Venus XII at a local shop for $500. I don't have the money or really want one myself, but if any of you are interested in it, I could help.

Val66c · Post by **Val66c** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:19 pm

stereordinary wrote: I found a Squier Venus XII at a local shop for $500. I don't have the money or really want one myself, but if any of you are interested in it, I could help.

If you could just steal the bridge off it for me, that would be a great help!

jrkirkish · Post by **jrkirkish** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:41 pm

Val66c wrote:

If you could just steal the bridge off it for me, that would be a great help!

How's the progress on the prototype?

Val66c · Post by **Val66c** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:50 pm

It all looks good. I'm just waiting to hear back from a mob with a price for plasma cutting the plates. I've been working away from home a bit lately so it looks like it might be another week or two before I'll have the finished product. I'll post pics as soon as its done.

jrkirkish · Post by **jrkirkish** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:16 pm

Val66c wrote: It all looks good. I'm just waiting to hear back from a mob with a price for plasma cutting the plates. I've been working away from home a bit lately so it looks like it might be another week or two before I'll have the finished product. I'll post pics as soon as its done.

Well, hot damn. I was thinking that you would be finishing up the prototype sometime early next year. Two weeks, that's great.

weijie · Post by **weijie** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:29 am

I was just surfing around, and I "stumbled" upon this site...

http://www.callahamguitars.com/machshop.htm

Maybe someone could ask them about making a couple of Fender XII bridges?

OffsetGuitars.com

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