Tele Bridge on a .....don don donnnnn ......STRAT ?

NYCtele · April 25th, 2004, 11:52 PM

Just wondering if this has been discussed here before ..about trying to put a vintage 3 saddle bridge on a stratocaster ?? Has anyone tried it before or know of any reasons why it couldn't work?

mikea · April 26th, 2004, 01:21 AM

I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I think it would make a very interesting instrument. I don't see why it wouldn't work, and it might make the lead pickup on a strat useful.

It would look cool as well. Has anyone done it ? Pics ?

NYCtele · April 26th, 2004, 02:15 PM

yea i agree ..it would look pretty badass. But do you think everything would line up correctly ...also keeping in mind that that huge cavity in the back might be weird with the tele bridge's string through design.

Kevin · April 26th, 2004, 02:29 PM

The tele bridge pup is at a different angle than the strat bridge pup, so you may have to rout....

The strat pup mounts differently, of course, than a tele pup, so you'll have to do some modifications if you want to use a strat pup....

Where are you going to attach the strings, since it sounds as if you're doing this to a guitar routed for a trem?

Personally, if I were going to do this, I'd have Warmoth cut me a strat-shaped body with a tele bridge rout and string-through holes....

It might be simpler, though, just to call Lindy Fralin and get a baseplate for your strat pup.....

NYCtele · April 26th, 2004, 02:41 PM

Yes, well thats basically the problem I am working on ....figuring out whether it would be easier to rout out my strat's pup, cut the pickguard....or just have warmoth make me a strat body with string through.
My father has a beautiful custom shop tele, and I was staring at it trying to figure out why it sounded so much better than my strat. One of the main differences (besides the pickups themselfs) looked to be the tele's massive bridge. And I thought if i could somehow frankenstien my strat with a tele bridge I could make an interesting design, hopefully with a good tone.

TwinReverb · April 26th, 2004, 05:57 PM

Sometimes it helps to change the height of your saddles or try saddles of different material or to change the height of your pups or experiment with different strings makes or gauges. I don't know if you have tried things like that, but I've noticed that they can make a difference. Or try one of those Rio Grande Stelly's.
YMMV

e-merlin · April 26th, 2004, 08:14 PM

Warmoth made one for me. Strat body shape, but everything else was Tele. Sounded just like a Tele, looked like a Strat. I think Warmoth still has a picture of it in their Gallery.

BADFISH · April 26th, 2004, 08:35 PM

I noticed that "Blue" Telecaster with the Statocaster body on the Warmoth "gallery" page......NICE

Fandango · April 27th, 2004, 03:21 AM

here is my project :

body shape like a strat but with tele bridge and tele bridge pickup, tele neck with ebony finger board.
In fact I would like to have two guitars in one. Strat and tele !

I've send an email to warmoth, and thez say :"We’re not set-up for the Tele bridge on the Strat-sorry. " :(

Don't really understand because I was thinking that an hardtail strat body could be OK for this application....
and we can see that on warmoth web :

I've a Lag Theblues californian serie with a strat like body and tele electronic. this guitar play like a tele..

GilmourD · April 27th, 2004, 09:45 AM

I absolutely drooooooooooool over these. :)

http://www.usacustomguitars.com/usacg/51STP.html

Elk · May 1st, 2004, 10:40 PM

I bought a heavily modded '73 awhile back. I've got it stripped and getting ready to block the Kahler route.
I figured I'd just try to find a top-loader tele bridge and make my own pickguard. The Strat body has also been routed for a h/b in the bridge so I think I'll have plenty of room for the tele bridge p/u. It's a great chunk of wood that didn't make it through the 80's unharmed.

e-merlin · May 2nd, 2004, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fandango

I've send an email to warmoth, and thez say :"We’re not set-up for the Tele bridge on the Strat-sorry. " :(

Don't really understand because I was thinking that an hardtail strat body could be OK for this application....
and we can see that on warmoth web :

That's really weird because they did the blue body in that picture. That's the one I built. I wonder why they won't do it anymore?

mk · May 2nd, 2004, 08:00 PM

Here's a Custom Shop version:

http://www.guitarrez.com/usedhtml/usdfencstx.html

The guys at Guitar Rez are great, but there are a dozen guitars in their shop I'd rather have.

3rdDIY · May 8th, 2004, 07:43 PM

Allparts has a JM blank that looks like fun.

angelo · May 13th, 2004, 10:28 AM

Hi guys.

Rio Grande makes a tele pickup that drops right into a strat. It is called a Stelly. I have never played one, but have have like two of their other offerings.

weelie · May 14th, 2004, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mk

Here's a Custom Shop version:

The guys at Guitar Rez are great, but there are a dozen guitars in their shop I'd rather have.

Call me what you will, but I kinda like the looks of that one. :D I only wished they'd made the pickguard look just like a classic tele one on the top side (left in the pic), instead of the curves.

roy d · May 16th, 2004, 07:23 PM

Hey everyone,

I'm a newbie here and this is my first post. I recently found the forum and have been lurking a while and decided to enter this thread.

I've been thinking of doing the same thing to my parts caster made with a Carvin strat type hard tail body. The bridge pickup route is for a humbucker so that may fit a tele pickup... but what about string spacing and the through body holes?

I know I can go with a stelly or twangbanger or any number of other boutique pickup builders who will make a tele pickup to fit a strat, but I'm guessing the bridge has something to do with the sound as well and that it should be a three saddle, string through...

any thoughts?

roy d

April 25th, 2004, 11:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
NYCtele NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4	Tele Bridge on a .....don don donnnnn ......STRAT ? Just wondering if this has been discussed here before ..about trying to put a vintage 3 saddle bridge on a stratocaster ?? Has anyone tried it before or know of any reasons why it couldn't work?

April 26th, 2004, 02:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kevin Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 2,967	The tele bridge pup is at a different angle than the strat bridge pup, so you may have to rout.... The strat pup mounts differently, of course, than a tele pup, so you'll have to do some modifications if you want to use a strat pup.... Where are you going to attach the strings, since it sounds as if you're doing this to a guitar routed for a trem? Personally, if I were going to do this, I'd have Warmoth cut me a strat-shaped body with a tele bridge rout and string-through holes.... It might be simpler, though, just to call Lindy Fralin and get a baseplate for your strat pup..... __________________ Of course, I don't see anywhere in my post that says it'll actually work...

April 26th, 2004, 05:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
TwinReverb Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 477	NYCtele Sometimes it helps to change the height of your saddles or try saddles of different material or to change the height of your pups or experiment with different strings makes or gauges. I don't know if you have tried things like that, but I've noticed that they can make a difference. Or try one of those Rio Grande Stelly's. YMMV

May 1st, 2004, 10:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
Elk TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 87	I'm actually working on a project like this I bought a heavily modded '73 awhile back. I've got it stripped and getting ready to block the Kahler route. I figured I'd just try to find a top-loader tele bridge and make my own pickguard. The Strat body has also been routed for a h/b in the bridge so I think I'll have plenty of room for the tele bridge p/u. It's a great chunk of wood that didn't make it through the 80's unharmed.

May 8th, 2004, 07:43 PM	#14 (permalink)
3rdDIY TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Temple, TX Age: 46 Posts: 41	I was thinking more along the lines of a Telemaster meself. Allparts has a JM blank that looks like fun. __________________ "Please Prepay After Dark" still applies if the lights are on over the pump, Ma'am.

April 26th, 2004, 01:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
mikea TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 47	I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I think it would make a very interesting instrument. I don't see why it wouldn't work, and it might make the lead pickup on a strat useful. It would look cool as well. Has anyone done it ? Pics ?

April 26th, 2004, 02:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
NYCtele NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4	yea i agree ..it would look pretty badass. But do you think everything would line up correctly ...also keeping in mind that that huge cavity in the back might be weird with the tele bridge's string through design.

April 26th, 2004, 02:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
NYCtele NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4	Yes, well thats basically the problem I am working on ....figuring out whether it would be easier to rout out my strat's pup, cut the pickguard....or just have warmoth make me a strat body with string through. My father has a beautiful custom shop tele, and I was staring at it trying to figure out why it sounded so much better than my strat. One of the main differences (besides the pickups themselfs) looked to be the tele's massive bridge. And I thought if i could somehow frankenstien my strat with a tele bridge I could make an interesting design, hopefully with a good tone.

April 26th, 2004, 08:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
BADFISH Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Daytona beach Fl. and Austin Tx. Posts: 348	I noticed that "Blue" Telecaster with the Statocaster body on the Warmoth "gallery" page......NICE

April 27th, 2004, 03:21 AM	#9 (permalink)
Fandango TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Jouques - France Posts: 32	here is my project : body shape like a strat but with tele bridge and tele bridge pickup, tele neck with ebony finger board. In fact I would like to have two guitars in one. Strat and tele ! I've send an email to warmoth, and thez say :"We’re not set-up for the Tele bridge on the Strat-sorry. " :( Don't really understand because I was thinking that an hardtail strat body could be OK for this application.... and we can see that on warmoth web : I've a Lag Theblues californian serie with a strat like body and tele electronic. this guitar play like a tele..

April 27th, 2004, 09:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
GilmourD Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nutley, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 1,568	I absolutely drooooooooooool over these. :) http://www.usacustomguitars.com/usacg/51STP.html

May 2nd, 2004, 08:00 PM	#13 (permalink)
mk Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 253	Here's a Custom Shop version: http://www.guitarrez.com/usedhtml/usdfencstx.html The guys at Guitar Rez are great, but there are a dozen guitars in their shop I'd rather have.

May 13th, 2004, 10:28 AM	#15 (permalink)
angelo NEW MEMBER! Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 8	Hi guys. Rio Grande makes a tele pickup that drops right into a strat. It is called a Stelly. I have never played one, but have have like two of their other offerings. __________________ Far west Chicago

May 16th, 2004, 07:23 PM	#17 (permalink)
roy d NEW MEMBER! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1	string spacing Hey everyone, I'm a newbie here and this is my first post. I recently found the forum and have been lurking a while and decided to enter this thread. I've been thinking of doing the same thing to my parts caster made with a Carvin strat type hard tail body. The bridge pickup route is for a humbucker so that may fit a tele pickup... but what about string spacing and the through body holes? I know I can go with a stelly or twangbanger or any number of other boutique pickup builders who will make a tele pickup to fit a strat, but I'm guessing the bridge has something to do with the sound as well and that it should be a three saddle, string through... any thoughts? roy d