Help with a custom sized tele bridge

Hey all. Been poking around the site for a while but this is my first post, here goes.
I have a American Fender tele that I got off craigslist and the thing is killer but the previous owner routed the bridge for a humbucker. I converted it back to the original single coil set up but now you can see little gaps on either side of the bridge showing the cavity for the humbucker.
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k530/Brotherluck/telebridge.jpg
It bugs the hell out of me and I just wanted to get a bridge that was slightly wider to cover the hole but cant find one anywhere and have no idea how to go about making one given the lack of tools I have. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on where I could get one that would cover this up. Would need to be about 3 1/2 inches wide to cover the gaps. Would prefer to find one modeled after the vintage style since Im hoping to model this after John Frusciante's tele custom but would take anything at this point. Thanks so much for the help.

I don't know of a wide vintage type bridge. The four possibilities I can think of are:

1) Body repair.
2) Go with a humbucker bridge and an adapter for the single coil pickup.
3) A custom pickguard to cover the gaps.
4) A custom billet bridge plate.

Not a great deal of help, I'm afraid...

What type of body repair could I do that would cover these without being totally obvious? I was hoping I could find somewhere to have a bridge plate custom made to all the standard drilling specs just 3 1/2 inches wide instead of the usual 3 1/8 inches or whatever the standard is, I just dont know where to go about having this made. Any thoughts?

What type of body repair could I do that would cover these without being totally obvious?

Fill the hole with a block of wood, re-route for single coil, refinish the body...

Or, you could just play it as it is...

Bill Callaham is maybe the best around as far as a high quality machine shop that does a lot of musical instrument work. Total integrity.

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

Any machine shop could do what you want quite easily. Ask around, you might find something close to home more affordable.

Any machine shop could do what you want quite easily. Ask around, you might find something close to home more affordable.
+1

Fill the hole with a block of wood, re-route for single coil, refinish the body...

Or, you could just play it as it is...

You don't have to do a full refinish, just touch up the new wood showing... Make it as close as you can get maybe a tad darker and you are good to go. Things like that add mojo to a guitar!

If the bridge saddle height allows, perhaps you could just fit a flat chromed plate under the entire bridge?

If the bridge saddle height allows, perhaps you could just fit a flat chromed plate under the entire bridge?

You could also use a thin piece of black vinyl or plastic. Even a square vinyl sticker would work and look professional.

I think the easiest resolution to your problem is a custom pick guard. It would probably also be the most cost effective. Go to Union Music in Worcester and talk to Dave Dick in repairs, see if he could possibly build or order one for you

Thanks everyone for the help and suggestions. Im gonna look into a machine shop in the area and see if I cant have one made for a fairly reasonable price.

There is so little raw wood showing, I'd try a tube of plastic wood and a couple water soluable markers to match the color..

Keep us posted on how it turns out!! Good luck!