JM Troy Van Leeuwen Oxblood strings spacing

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JM Troy Van Leeuwen Oxblood strings spacing

Post by mafrang » Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:03 pm

Hi everybody,
I m a new member on this forum and i have a question:
What is the E-e spacing on the bridge of the TVL JM?
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Re: JM Troy Van Leeuwen Oxblood strings spacing

Post by adchaino » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:42 pm

52.5 mm on mine (2.07 in).

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Re: JM Troy Van Leeuwen Oxblood strings spacing

Post by timtam » Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:09 pm

The TVL JM is the only guitar with the Mustang-style bridge with p/n 7702080000. It's similar to the Marr jag's bridge (in fact it could be the same - Fender sometimes uses different part numbers for the same part), having the anti-sink nylon bushings on the height screws to prevent the bridge dropping.
https://www.fmicassets.com/Damroot/Orig ... 4-2014.pdf
https://reverb.com/ca/item/4546585-fend ... dge-chrome

Given the Oxblood TVL first appeared ~2014 I would have expected it to have E-E spacing around 56mm, but maybe they changed to narrower later like they did with the Marr's bridge ??

There is also at least one report of the TVL not having that 7702080000 bridge at all.
https://offsetguitars.com/forums/viewto ... 1#p1607332
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Re: JM Troy Van Leeuwen Oxblood strings spacing

Post by HarlowTheFish » Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:15 am

IIRC it's the same bridge as the MarrGuar and AmPro offsets but with brass saddles instead of steel. It used to have 56mm spacing, but switched to 52mm at some point when the rest of the line did.

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Re: JM Troy Van Leeuwen Oxblood strings spacing

Post by natthu » Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:58 am

Mine's 52mm

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