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dwdyer · November 29th, 2003, 11:22 PM

I've decided I want a Hipshot Bender.

I may use this as an excuse to get another guitar, as I don't want to install this on my current Tele.

But what I was wondering was -- will a MIM Tele take a "classic" bridge plate?

I don't like the flat, sideless MIM plates in the first place...

Thanks,
-W-

GilmourD · November 30th, 2003, 03:05 AM

Absolutely fits on there. I just installed a real Fender 52RI bridge plate on my new sunburst MIM Standard. No drilling or anything. Directly screws right on.

da dougster · November 30th, 2003, 05:43 AM

As long as it's a MIM in the last couple of years, it's a clean swap. On the older ones it isn't...

GilmourD · November 30th, 2003, 10:55 AM

When was the last one that couldn't take a vintage bridge? Early 90s, right?

dwdyer · November 30th, 2003, 11:10 AM

I may have enough info to excuse my GAS...

Thanks!

John Backlund · December 3rd, 2003, 11:19 PM

As long as the vintage bridge fits readily on the more recent MIM Telecaster bodies, I can assume that the Fender 'ashtray' bridge cover will also, right? ( I think I know the answer, but it won't hurt to hear it from someone else).

Sidney Vicious · December 4th, 2003, 09:21 AM

I installed a vintage-style Fender bridge in my new MIM Standard and a Fender ashtray fits fine. (Got both from Angela but no doubt available all over.) A screw driver is all you need to change the bridge.

November 29th, 2003, 11:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
dwdyer Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 148 2 Photos	MIM retrofit with classic bridge? I've decided I want a Hipshot Bender. I may use this as an excuse to get another guitar, as I don't want to install this on my current Tele. But what I was wondering was -- will a MIM Tele take a "classic" bridge plate? I don't like the flat, sideless MIM plates in the first place... Thanks, -W-

November 30th, 2003, 05:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
da dougster Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Beautiful downtown Ayuh Posts: 287	As long as it's a MIM in the last couple of years, it's a clean swap. On the older ones it isn't... __________________ "Somebody set up us the bomb!!"

November 30th, 2003, 11:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
dwdyer Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 148 2 Photos	Very cool... I may have enough info to excuse my GAS... Thanks!

December 4th, 2003, 09:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
Sidney Vicious Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Posts: 2,800 29 Photos	Yes, if bridge fits, ashtray fits. I installed a vintage-style Fender bridge in my new MIM Standard and a Fender ashtray fits fine. (Got both from Angela but no doubt available all over.) A screw driver is all you need to change the bridge.

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November 30th, 2003, 03:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
GilmourD Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Rutherford, NJ Age: 33 Posts: 1,874	Absolutely fits on there. I just installed a real Fender 52RI bridge plate on my new sunburst MIM Standard. No drilling or anything. Directly screws right on.

November 30th, 2003, 10:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
GilmourD Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Rutherford, NJ Age: 33 Posts: 1,874	When was the last one that couldn't take a vintage bridge? Early 90s, right?

December 3rd, 2003, 11:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
John Backlund Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: South Dakota Posts: 1,589 13 Photos	As long as the vintage bridge fits readily on the more recent MIM Telecaster bodies, I can assume that the Fender 'ashtray' bridge cover will also, right? ( I think I know the answer, but it won't hurt to hear it from someone else).

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