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Old April 4th, 2008, 03:42 PM   #41 (permalink)
JDRNoPro
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The holes are too close to the neck, so a standard vintage bridge positions too far forward using the exist. string thru holes. Might be able to make it work - perhaps relieve the PG opening, but you would end up with very little room for saddle travel/intonation. Also the breakover angle on the saddles would be very severe ( around 90 degres on the lower strings). That's why I redrilled the holes from the top about 1/2" further back as noted above. And yes, the standard bridge is the long aisian style a la Squire - 3 mounting screws @ back/2 @front.

Jim
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