Measuring a Strat Bridge For Replacement - String Spacing and Block Length
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2020
- So you want to replace your strat bridge but you're not sure what will fit. I'll show you what you need to consider when measuring your bridge string spacing and tremolo block length. Measure twice, order once.
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You are the only one who has made it clear!!!
Thank you!!
Great job Brother, very informative and a great help for unseasoned Modders and more. thanks for the education in Tremolo Assembly Measuring, chosing and measuring again.
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ADVISE...I MEST UP AND DID NOT MEASURE!!! WAISTED TIME MONEY AND PRECIOUS TIME I COULD OF BEEN PLAYING MY GUITAR.
THANKS AND BLESSINGS TO YOU MY FRIEND
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Great information thanks for your help 👍🏻👍🏻
Great video, thank you
Thanks man very helpful. 🤘🎸🎸🎸
Informative... thank you
Hey, mate! Good video! It helped me measure the bridge here and it is 2 1/16 inches.
This is why I would like to ask you: what is the measure of the saddles there? They look perfectly fit.
My replacement saddles seem to be too large here and they measure 11 mm.
I don't believe these fit perfectly either. The vintage style bent saddles seem to be a bit over 10.5mm and there is a slight spread sometimes.
So this is the hybrid bridge? 2 7/32 is the vintage spacing but the string spacing is modern 2 1/16. My 50s strat has 2 7/32 string spacing too but my Clapton has this same setup which I prefer.
This is just your typical modern import 2 1/16th spaced bridge. They just put vintage looking bent steel saddles on it because people seem to like them. I thought the aesthetic of them was cool for awhile, but I honestly prefer a good, solid stainless saddle.
Hey, what if i bought a second hand guitar and it has the wrong sized bridge on it (slighly too narrow - strat), thanks.
Always measure and measure again. Also check the part where I mention the spacing on the pickup poles on the first pickup @ 6:40. That should tell you your string spacing.
@@Guitarnivore thx man, i'm replacing a bridge on my strat-copy soon, so this vid is A1, cheers from Aus, hope your doing well 👍
I'm looking to install a bridge on a strat style Jackson my wife repainted. All the electronics, and the old bridge were removed (and lost) long ago- so there isn't a way to measure the strings. From what I could tell, measuring the screw holes in the body, it seems to need something atypical (but I might have measured wrong, and the measurements I saw online might have been referring to the screws IN the bridge, not attaching the bridge to the body...). Any suggestions on where unusual sized bridges could be ordered? Thanks!
Usually you can measure from the center point of the outside screw holes. What is the measurement of that? Also, is it a 6 screw mounted tremolo or a two point fulcrum type?
@@Guitarnivore I'm guessing it was a 6 screw mounted tremolo since there are 6 holes on the back. Those are 3 inches center to center. When I looked into it several months back and contacted what's now the Jackson company, they said it was a 3pt fulcrum they no longer carried. I was hoping to just put a standard bridge in, no tremolo- but I guess sticking with the tremolo would be easier if that's what was there before. (I'm a first timer at this) Thanks!
@@NewRootsRecords Hmm. That's interesting. If you're on Facebook, find a Jackson guitar group with a lot of members and post some pictures of it. Sometimes there are people that are Jackson gurus and might be able to help you out with that one.
Measure twice, order whatever.
A tall block can be shortened just fine.. just file it down to depth
Or you can just take a quick measurement and order the correct size block and save yourself the trouble.
A more accurate way to measure without having to eyeball the center of the strings, saddles, or screws, is to measure the outside from low-E to high-E. Then subtract half the diameter the low-E and high-E. Assume you have 10-46 strings. If the outside string-to-string measure is 2.09, subtract half the low-E (.046/2=.023) and half the high-E (.010/2=.005) and you get 2.09 -.023 -.005 = 2.062 = ~ 2 1/16" (2.0625).
I totally agree with you, because that's the whole point of using a caliper. As an alternative, the total string spacing is the width of 5 saddles. In practice, I measure the width of the six saddles in place (67.7 mm on my bridge), then divide it to get the width of one saddle (67.7 / 6 = 11.28... mm which is ) and multiply this result by 5 to get the string spacing (11.28 x 5 = 56.4 mm which is 2.22... or 2+7/32 in.). Most providers give either one of these dimensions.