Tele w/ Tremolo Bridge

JJ · May 21st, 2008, 04:49 PM

For my next partscaster, I am considering building a tele with a trem. I have seen the new Glendale setup which is a great idea, but I really like the trem setup on the PRS guitars. I did a little research on them & it appears that Mann Made makes them & offers them for about what the Glendale goes for. I plan to have Guitar Mill build me a body w\paint. I guess I will go the Tom Anderson route & mount the bridge pickup to the body with no bridge plate. Anyone know of any caveats I might run into? Any pics to offer of teles with a trem?

PJ · May 21st, 2008, 05:44 PM

We'll have to scare-up TeleSavant. He has some wild Teles with trem units - even one with a Jazzmaster trem that, believe it or not, is too cool! Savant....check in on this thread, eh?

JJ · May 22nd, 2008, 11:56 AM

anyone?

maestrovert · May 22nd, 2008, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by JJ

anyone?

Lookie here

pics (courtesy of Mr. Joel Terry !)from the thread linked to above....

hope it helps

e-merlin · May 22nd, 2008, 06:20 PM

I'd post pics of my Kramer Tele or my Heavy Metal Tele, but both are in pieces, both have Floyds, and both have humbuckers in the bridge.

I do have an interesting piece supposedly from Kramer. It's a chromed steel piece that holds a Tele pickup and mounts in front of the bridge with screws. I've never used it on anything, though.

As far as mounting the bridge pickup to the body ala Tom Anderson/GE Smith, with a trem rout underneath the pickup, you don't want to bust through and bind up the trem springs with a pickup screw.

JJ · May 22nd, 2008, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by e-merlin

As far as mounting the bridge pickup to the body ala Tom Anderson/GE Smith, with a trem rout underneath the pickup, you don't want to bust through and bind up the trem springs with a pickup screw.

Good point! I will keep that in mind if I go that route. Thanks

May 21st, 2008, 04:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
JJ Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 353	Tele w/ Tremolo Bridge For my next partscaster, I am considering building a tele with a trem. I have seen the new Glendale setup which is a great idea, but I really like the trem setup on the PRS guitars. I did a little research on them & it appears that Mann Made makes them & offers them for about what the Glendale goes for. I plan to have Guitar Mill build me a body w\paint. I guess I will go the Tom Anderson route & mount the bridge pickup to the body with no bridge plate. Anyone know of any caveats I might run into? Any pics to offer of teles with a trem?

May 21st, 2008, 05:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
PJ Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,077 4 Photos	We'll have to scare-up TeleSavant. He has some wild Teles with trem units - even one with a Jazzmaster trem that, believe it or not, is too cool! Savant....check in on this thread, eh? __________________ PJ "I don't know if it's art, but I like it."

May 22nd, 2008, 11:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
JJ Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 353	anyone?