2009 TDPRI Giveaway Winners List is available HERE

Telrob · November 6th, 2009, 03:55 AM

Hi! I´m about to give my Squire Tele Custom II a facelift and I´m sure a Bigsby B5 tremolo will do good for her. I´ve been asking my local dealer about my issue but the lack of knowledge was obvious. So I turn to you guys and girls here at this forum and hope you can help me. I simply need a bridge that works with Bigsby trem and I can´t use the conversion plate that goes with the conversion kit. The duncan designed picups don´t fit in the plate.

http://images.google.se/imgres?imgur...%3Dsv%26um%3D1

winny pooh · November 6th, 2009, 10:15 AM

Pm captain twang, he put a bigsby on his custom II like yours. You can use a cut down tele plate with notches in the back..... See me own project HERE

PhatTele · November 6th, 2009, 01:40 PM

I recommend two approaches that have worked for me:

1) If you go w/a B5 Bigsby, spend a little extra and put in a Mastery Bridge. They'd be perfect for that application. You'll have to figure out how to drill the cup holes for the bridge.

2) Rout it out for a vintage style Strat trem. I've sent three Tele bodies to GuitarMill to have this done. They do a great job. Perhaps someone out your way can do this same type of work?

RomanS · November 6th, 2009, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by winny pooh

Pm captain twang, he put a bigsby on his custom II like yours. You can use a cut down tele plate with notches in the back..... See me own project HERE

The best way to do this!

You can find cut-down Wilkinson Tele bridges on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.at/Wilkinson-WTBC-Br...item4a9b19b2cc

- and filing 6 notches is just a matter of a couple of minutes...

Telrob · November 9th, 2009, 04:34 AM

Thanks for your answers people! Haven´t decided yet what to do but I´m getting closer to the Wilkinson option. The issue on that one is that it has 4 screwholes (ha,ha. probably the wrong word to use here but hey, I´m from Sweden:))to attach the bridge plate when there´s only 3 on my existing one. Great work Winnie! I like it a lot:)!

RomanS · November 9th, 2009, 10:12 AM

That shouldn't be a problem, you just have to drill 4 new holes, and have to make sure that the saddles sit about in the same position as they were before, and still have a bit of adjustment range!

Telrob · November 10th, 2009, 05:19 AM

Okay! So there´s enough space between the holes to drill new ones with no risk that it cracks? In that case there´s no question about it! Sounds great!

November 6th, 2009, 03:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Telrob NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sweden Age: 32 Posts: 3	Squire Tele Custom II Bigsby mod. Hi! I´m about to give my Squire Tele Custom II a facelift and I´m sure a Bigsby B5 tremolo will do good for her. I´ve been asking my local dealer about my issue but the lack of knowledge was obvious. So I turn to you guys and girls here at this forum and hope you can help me. I simply need a bridge that works with Bigsby trem and I can´t use the conversion plate that goes with the conversion kit. The duncan designed picups don´t fit in the plate. http://images.google.se/imgres?imgur...%3Dsv%26um%3D1

November 6th, 2009, 10:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
winny pooh Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South London Posts: 2,131 7 Photos	Pm captain twang, he put a bigsby on his custom II like yours. You can use a cut down tele plate with notches in the back..... See me own project HERE __________________ my afro ambient side project: http://www.myspace.com/theswyambusessions I play dancy bass here: http://www.myspace.com/casabellamusic

November 9th, 2009, 10:12 AM	#6 (permalink)
RomanS Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vienna, Austria Age: 37 Posts: 4,119 22 Photos	That shouldn't be a problem, you just have to drill 4 new holes, and have to make sure that the saddles sit about in the same position as they were before, and still have a bit of adjustment range! __________________ http://www.myspace.com/romans212 http://www.myspace.com/theneatpickers http://www.thomassoulriverband.com/

November 10th, 2009, 05:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
Telrob NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sweden Age: 32 Posts: 3	Okay! So there´s enough space between the holes to drill new ones with no risk that it cracks? In that case there´s no question about it! Sounds great! __________________ My band: http://www.myspace.com/thegrandchapelsquartet

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Bigsby on a Squire Tele	senseiblackburn	Telecaster Discussion Forum	1	May 20th, 2009 08:18 PM
Bigsby Mod for Squire Affinity Tele	1623ssmith	Tele-Tech	8	August 26th, 2007 04:55 PM
here is my duesenberg-bigsby squire custom 2	eddiewagner	Telecaster Discussion Forum	2	June 18th, 2006 01:20 PM
Squire Tele Custom	JerryPro	Telecaster Discussion Forum	3	January 7th, 2005 06:34 PM
SQUIRE Custom Tele 2	zane	Telecaster Discussion Forum	6	March 1st, 2004 02:08 AM

November 6th, 2009, 01:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
PhatTele Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 819	I recommend two approaches that have worked for me: 1) If you go w/a B5 Bigsby, spend a little extra and put in a Mastery Bridge. They'd be perfect for that application. You'll have to figure out how to drill the cup holes for the bridge. 2) Rout it out for a vintage style Strat trem. I've sent three Tele bodies to GuitarMill to have this done. They do a great job. Perhaps someone out your way can do this same type of work?

November 9th, 2009, 04:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
Telrob NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sweden Age: 32 Posts: 3	Thanks for your answers people! Haven´t decided yet what to do but I´m getting closer to the Wilkinson option. The issue on that one is that it has 4 screwholes (ha,ha. probably the wrong word to use here but hey, I´m from Sweden:))to attach the bridge plate when there´s only 3 on my existing one. Great work Winnie! I like it a lot:)!

2009 TDPRI Giveaway Winners List is available HERE

IMPORTANT:Treat everyone here with respect, no matter how difficult! No sex, drug, political, religion or hate discussion permitted here.