My Yamaha Mike Stern Sig. got Micawber'ed!

[Starcaster75]

Just thought I would share this little upgrade.

I really like this guitar except for two things: The Hot Rail in the bridge and the bridge itself.

So after reading about Rare Breed Guitars on this very forum I went ahead and ordered one.

The bridge was installed along with a very nice BD-caster pickup from Peter Florance.





It is a very expensive bridge but it sounds amazing. Just such a spanky tone that really rocks!

Hope you like it!

[Robert H.]

I also changed out the bridge on mine as soon as I got it---really junk compared to the rest of the guitar. I put on a Barden bridge with compensated saddles. I never minded the hotrail p/u.
The guitar is now with my nephew who aspires to become a professional guitar player...

[Tim Armstrong]

Man, that looks killer good!

Tim

[brewwagon]

& your amp is very nice too !
bw

[Starcaster75]

Thanks for the comments. The amp is a modified Tweed Deluxe with a Weber 1265 ceramic made by Danish amp builder Lars Reinau. It plays clean up to around 10 and sounds amazing. ;)
I am really impressed with this Micawber bridge from Rare Breed Guitars. The craftmanship is exceptional. When my Thinline partscaster dreams become reality I might order another one....
Claus

[pjholland]

I dislike gold hardware but Yamaha guitars are often overlooked and I wouldn't mind owning the Mike Stern model. Nice guitar!

[still_fiddlin]

Hmm, made me Google. Is that the 1511 or 311 MS model?

PJ, from this link, it's not gold (plate), it's solid brass. Only in the UK, it seems - £150! Sure looks nice though.

[Starcaster75]

It is the 1511 and yes, the bridge is solid brass! But as you point out, not cheap.... ;)

[dimenjj]

Sweet, nice looking axe !!!!!

[The S1W]

Must confess, I've done some money with these 'Rare Breed' guys lately; got a little carried away, but stunning results - my much modded 'Deekscaster' got the solid brass bridge, which combines with the Lollar 'Christian' p/up to sound really rich and 'chimey', and I know use this all the time when singing, and my blond thinline got the compensated saddles, which transform the detail of the sound, (it rings like a glockenspiel), and has infinitely more sustain. What's astonishing to me was the poor quality of the 'standard' Custom Shop saddles - pig metal or what? To be fair, (as always), I had the guys at Mansons UK fit the kit, their workmanship is the best in the business. Oh, and I am ashamed to admit, (-to my wife!), that I succumbed to a set of 'Rare Breed' heavy-knurled control knobs for each guitar. My excuse is that they would be easier to operate if I found myself wearing ex-WW2 sheepskin flying mitts on stage - it's a lame excuse I know, but it's the best I could come up with at short notice...