Members darryl2112 Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 I have a 93 US strat that recently I decided to replace the stock bridge (2 point,modern saddles, offset) with a 2 point vintage style bridge. Found one on ebay that was off some weird player's strat that seemed to fit fine. I wasn't even aware that fender even made a strat with a 2 point bridge with vintage saddles. Anyways, a friend of mine swears up and down that because it isn't offset that it has my strings off balanced. The guitar seems to look normal to my eyes but I am no luthier, (this friend is a guitar tech). Does anyone here have any knowledge about the strats that had this 2 point vintage style bridge on them and if these bridges would theoretically drop into to a US standard strat? Thanks for any input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fred Buzz Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 I have a 93 US strat that recently I decided to replace the stock bridge (2 point,modern saddles, offset) with a 2 point vintage style bridge. Found one on ebay that was off some weird player's strat that seemed to fit fine. I wasn't even aware that fender even made a strat with a 2 point bridge with vintage saddles. Anyways, a friend of mine swears up and down that because it isn't offset that it has my strings off balanced. The guitar seems to look normal to my eyes but I am no luthier, (this friend is a guitar tech). Does anyone here have any knowledge about the strats that had this 2 point vintage style bridge on them and if these bridges would theoretically drop into to a US standard strat? Thanks for any input! That's new to me as well, and can you describe "vintage saddles"? You mean the U shaped saddles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 Fender went back to the vintage style saddles in '08 didn't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 Yep. Here's the American Standard Strat from the MF website. 2 point bridge, vintage style saddles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 Are they offset? In 08 when Fender went from the American Series to the American Standard.They started using bent steel saddles over the block type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 The old Fender 2-post tremolo bridge was interchangeable with Wilkinson, Fishman, etc. (actually, IIRC, Fender started with the Wilkinson and switched to a proprietary 2-post design to save licensing fees) The new Fender 2-post tremolo bridge is interchangeable with Wilkinson, Fishman, etc. It should only be the saddle *screw* that is offset on the old bridge. The rout isn't offset (almost all non-locking bridges use the same rout) and (obviously) the saddles aren't offset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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