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Originally Posted by eyerish
I am not trying to say one thing is lesser or greater then another,but is the bridge you say you are getting compared to the bridge you have going to have different mount screw placement? as in the "vintage haveing 4 screws on the neck side of the string holes and the modern style have 3 mount holes behind the string holes. I would wonder if there will be 3 holes sticking out after the change. I think I saw other posts here on this website about that. I'm not saying look or whatever but you can do what you like. (this is my personal opinion) I think your item in the pictures is pretty sweet looking you got a great score on that.
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Hi Eyerish,
I am glad you like the pictures. Definitely a lot of guitar for the money.
Yeah, the modern and vintage style bridges aren't interchangeable. I believe the scenario you describe would happen if I had gone with the vintage bridge. The vintage bridge is smaller, and as you say would require redrilling and filling the old holes (no thanks!).
I ordered the modern-style bridge Callaham offers for American Standards. As far as I know it will be a straight drop-in. I found the schematics of both bridge styles and measured twice before ordering
...if I am still wrong, I'll either return it, or put the new bridge on the Am Std I have...
I'll let you know how it turns out! I'll even record the sound before and after the change... If it fits.
Regards,