Guitar Bridge Routing Options
Tremolo Bridge Routings
6-Hole Vintage Tremolo:
Mounting screw hole diameters 1/8"
American Standard Fender tremolo:
Drilled for .375" diameter insert
*Not Available on Tele® Deluxe!
Wilkinson tremolo (by Gotoh):
Drilled for .382" diameter insert
*Not Available on Tele® Deluxe!
Floyd Rose tremolo:
Drilled for .390" diameter insert. This non-recessed configuration generally requires the neck pocket to be angled.
*Not Available on Tele® Deluxe!
!!! All the above bridges utilize the same tremolo spring cavity in the back of the guitar. !!!
Kahler Flat Mount tremolo:
No mounting holes drilled
(By Special Order Only)
*Not Available on Tele® Deluxe!
Recessed Tremolo Bridge Routings
Recessing the bridge allows it to be mounted low in the face of the guitar and allows you to pull up on the bar to raise the pitch.
Recessed Wilkinson tremolo (by Gotoh)
*Not Available on Tele® Deluxe!
Recessed Floyd Rose Original tremolo
*Not Available on Tele® Deluxe!
Recessed Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo
*Not Available on Tele® Deluxe!
!!! All the above bridges utilize the same tremolo spring cavity in the back of the guitar. !!!
Gibson® Type Bridge Mounting
These bridges require 1.5 - 2 degree angled neck pocket
Gotoh brand Stop & Tuno:
Drilled .430" to match these bushings. Notice that the bass side of the tunomatic is pulled back to accommodate intonation setting.
Gotoh
510 combination Stop & Tuno bushing hole diameter .421"
Schaller
456 fine tuning bridge: Bushing hole diameter .421"
Recessed Tune-O-Matic with
String-Through Mounting
On
flat-top bodies only
we offer a recessed rout for our
Gotoh Tune-O-Matic
or
TonePros Tune-O-Matic
with a choice of 3 string-through patterns for $15. The strings go through our
top-string-through ferrules
and anchor in our
standard guitar string ferrules
in the back of the body.
Due to the recess, no neck pocket angle is required with this setup.
Recessed Tune-O-Matic String-Through Patterns
Arched
Angled
Staggered
Flat Mount/Hardtail Bridge mounting
(Ground wire holes drilled to all Strat® hardtail bridges) The back side of these "vintage bridge" bodies are drilled 5/16" for the string anchor ferrules
Vintage Style Strat®
flat mount bridge
Narrow Spaced Strat®
flat mount bridge. Mounting holes are identical to the vintage bridge, but the string through holes are larger
String through holes only.
For other odd hardtail bridges the string holes are in the standard position. By aligning on these, you may drill mounting holes to mate with your bridge.
Vintage Tele®
This pattern matches the vintage "ash tray" bridge as well as our current Gotoh brand replacements (both standard and humbucking versions).
475 Schaller bridge
Gotoh 12-String Flat Mount Bridge
Ask us about doing
these bridge routs by hand for you!
FISHMAN TELE 101 BRIDGE
FISHMAN POWERBRIDGE HARDTAIL
FISHMAN T.O.M.
FISHMAN TSV POWERBRIDGE
LR BAGGS T.O.M
LR BAGGS X TREM
LR BAGGS HARDTAIL
SCHALLER 494 STOP TAIL PIECE W/FINE TUNERS
SCHALLER STM MODEL 451, 452 OR 453
GIBSON B-0510-010 SG STYLE T.O.M.
HIPSHOT TREMOLO
HIPSHOT FLAT MOUNT SB 5105-010
FENDER AMERICAN STANDARD HARDTAIL
GOTOH 510 TS-RS1 2-HOLE TREMOLO
GOTOH 101
CARVIN FTG HARDTAIL
Please keep in mind there may be different variations of these bridges
or manufacturer changes in the dimensions. For this reason you must send the
exact bridge you plan to use to us for dimensional verification.
This custom feature is $45 extra.