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Gold saint.bridge posts. - kinnikuman - 03-06-2015
I did it finally. Well almost i need o drill down a bit more as the thread is a bit longer than the bushing. The finish chipped up a bit in one spot which is a bit disappointing. It really should have been done first i dont know what i was thinking. I got a new spray gun so i might even refinish it in acrylic but we will see
I was thinking i might paint this bridge yellow.:monkey: or i notixced that the new gotoh wrap around bridges are ''Almost'' the same stud spacing so i could get a gold one of those. Its like .3mm difference between them
![[Image: builds%20002.jpg]](http://s930.photobucket.com/user/kramersteen/media/builds%20002.jpg.html)
![[Image: builds%20001.jpg]](http://s930.photobucket.com/user/kramersteen/media/builds%20001.jpg.html)
Securb man one step closer now. :toast:
A black bridge and yellow pups could work?
![[Image: builds.jpg]](http://s930.photobucket.com/user/kramersteen/media/builds.jpg.html)
Also the bridge sits a bit too high so a neck pocket shim will be needed. Which is a bit odd because i measured my stock dt 50 and they matched yet i seem to have a height difference. Maybe because one is a 1980 and the other 81.
RE: Gold saint.bridge posts. - kinnikuman - 03-06-2015
I just shimmed the neck up. I used some basswood i had lying around. hehe.
I will just keep the schaller now, i think it works well with the look of the guitar.
Originally i was going to get the bridge and neck plate powder coated yellow but now i am thinking i might just paint them black.
RE: Gold saint.bridge posts. - Big Flannel - 03-06-2015
That's pretty righteous. Looks like patience pays off.
RE: Gold saint.bridge posts. - kinnikuman - 03-06-2015
Thanks but i feel that was a sympathy reply flange haha.
One of the saddles screws is different on the bridge. They have added a spring in there to compensate. Screws seem impossible to find so i was thinking i could mod some m3/30mm screws. Would putting it in my drill press and running a file around it to create the smooth spots be a bad idea?
I am guessing no haha
RE: Gold saint.bridge posts. - Oinkus - 03-06-2015
I just had some issues with bridge screws and the spring on a Nashville was a pain. Only problem is you have to make sure the file doesn't move at all and make sure you turn down the drill press for only a few rotations at a time slow is good. I have grown to hate wraparounds , last few I have gotten have been just awful to work on. Plug , drill and install a TOM or anything else.
RE: Gold saint.bridge posts. - kinnikuman - 03-07-2015
(03-06-2015, 06:22 PM)Oinkus Wrote: I just had some issues with bridge screws and the spring on a Nashville was a pain. Only problem is you have to make sure the file doesn't move at all and make sure you turn down the drill press for only a few rotations at a time slow is good. I have grown to hate wraparounds , last few I have gotten have been just awful to work on. Plug , drill and install a TOM or anything else.
good points bro.
I am only using this bridge because someone had done a failed fr conversion on this and fucked it. So i wanted to restore it but i needed a bridge that would be wide enough that the posts go into the actual body wood and not the plug.
RE: Gold saint.bridge posts. - Big Flannel - 03-07-2015
While we're on the subject of this bridge...
What do you think of it. I've seen a similar one before and thought about picking one up a long time ago.
I think the one I was looking at was a Schaller. Is this the same one?
RE: Gold saint.bridge posts. - kinnikuman - 03-07-2015
(03-07-2015, 05:28 AM)Big Flannel Wrote: While we're on the subject of this bridge...
What do you think of it. I've seen a similar one before and thought about picking one up a long time ago.
I think the one I was looking at was a Schaller. Is this the same one?
Yeah schaller 455. the 456 is the same but has a fine tuner tailpiece. Which this one can also have.
Well its schaller so the quality is decent. I haven't used one like this so i dont know anything beyond that.
The gotoh 510 wraparound looks better. Smoother if you will. haha