Trouble Finding Non-Ashtray Short Four Hole Telecaster Bridge

[BTL]

Shoot me a PM with your shipping info and I'll drop one in the mail to you.

[HNB]

I found a bridge plate on eBay that should work. I just need to get saddles. Thanks though. Super appreciated.

2021-10-08_07-14-22 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

[BTL]

Here are your saddles:

https://www.allparts.com/collections/sa ... 9808092217

[HNB]

But the saddle grooves are off center?

[BTL]

They have to be for a Tele. I agree that it's sub-optimal.

[HNB]

The listing says to use strat style saddles.

[BTL]

Yes, that will work as long as the back wall of the the plate is about 1/4" further back from the string through holes than a standard ashtray plate. I learned that the hard way, hence the barrel saddles on my bridges.

[HNB]

Looks like it is.

s-l1600 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[BTL]

Yeah...it was a huge bummer when I learned my guitar bridges didn't intonate correctly with the intended saddles.

However, once I discovered those Allparts barrel saddles I realized I could modify the second batch of guitar bridges so they were both top-load and string-through, just like my basses.

Sadly, Hipshot seems to have gotten out of the small-batch custom hardware game, at least for now. So it goes.

[HNB]

I wonder why. It isn't like less people are buying guitars.

[BTL]

I wonder why. It isn't like less people are buying guitars.

Yes, they're buying MORE. My custom work was filling excess capacity, but there is no more excess capacity.

[HNB]

Seems like that is the time to continue for hipshot, not to pull back unless they are having worker staffing issues.

[BTL]

Both the workers and the machines are at max capacity for high-volume, high-demand production and I'm neither of those things.

[HNB]

It seems like it should work great. I like the metal contrast of rustic black and nickle.

IMG_20211012_134955 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[BTL]

Nice work, both on finding the plate and on the build itself!