Original Fender brand string thru body bridge for hardtail non-trem Stratocasters with chrome finish. Floating Strat bridges do have tuning and stability issues, but if they are of good quality and adjusted correctly they can sound great. I'll just block the trem. 6 String 6 Screw Synchronized Tremolo Bridge. Strat players have long struggled with over-bright bridge pickups, prompting aftermarket pickup makers to devise ‘balanced sets’. Customized a cheapos chrome hardware with this great golden bridge! Guitarfetish Price $12.95 Out of Stock . £151.99 Inc. VAT. The strings 6 are secured by an inertia block 11. You can also email us at sales@northwestguitars.co.uk. We offer two straightforward delivery options, and if you order before 3pm and we'll ship your order out the same day providing your item is in stock. Simply add the required items to the shopping cart and choose "click and collect" at checkout. The Tremol-No system gives you a variety of options on how your Floyd operates. Wilkinson 52.5mm (2-1/16 inch) String Spacing Hardtail Fixed Bridge Vintage Bent Saddle for Squier/Mexico Fender Strat Electric Guitar, Chrome 4.7 out of 5 stars 9 $11.46 $ 11 . 1 product rating - 003-7592-049 Fender USA '62 Strat/Stratocaster Chrome Hardtail Bridge It's made in Mexico so not so expensive. STA-1MHT Ash Body Hardtail ST Electric Guitar Kit We had a lot of requests for a fixed bridge ("Hardtail") ST style kit, so we proudly present the STA-1MHT, an exclusive to Pit Bull Guitars. How to Hardtail Fender Stratocaster Tremolo Bridge - YouTube Using the same process as before, set up the template and rout to depth: The seams around the infills may not be perfect and certain will show themselves over time if you just paint over them. Here's the deal: the distance from the thru body string holes to the max-extended saddles is 3/8" leaving almost another 3/8" to achieve a 25.5" scale (assuming one uses a classic tele template for the bridge positioning). ... did the OP's installation just tried to use the outboard original screw holes as the front mounting holes for the new hardtail bridge, and as a result, one of the back mounting holes lands in the notch routed in for the original bar. Stock Strat pickups are balanced, but the stock circuit isn’t, as only the neck and middle pickups bleed treble through the tone circuit. Stratocaster tremolo hardtail conversion block. Unavailable. Your previous content has been restored. Hardtail Bridge Specs. Prices for this service varies depending on your country, but will be shown in your shopping cart upon checkout. A nice hardtail bridge for use on Tele bodies and on many Strats. Top Mount Hardtail Bridge fits Tele®, Squier® 51 BLACK. © Copyright 2021 Northwest Guitars. High quality hardtail bridge to fit all types of Strat/Tele, Posted by Matthew Lawrence on 9th Sep 2019. We offer a 2-4 day road service for customers within the European Union. Many deliver, but the underlying cause is not addressed. Comfortable to use and palm mute with. How to Hardtail Fender Stratocaster Tremolo BridgeIn this video I show How to Hardtail a Fender Stratocaster Tremolo Bridge, there are other ways to do this but this is the way I find works well for me.Subscribe to The Guitar Manifestohttps://www.youtube.com/c/TheGuitarManifesto?sub_confirmation=1You can support The Guitar ManifestoPaypal: https://paypal.me/themeatmanifestoPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theguitarmanifestoFollow The Guitar ManifestoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theguitarmanifesto/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theguitarmanifesto/Contact The Guitar ManifestoEmail: themeatmanifesto@gmail.com #GuitarManifesto #Fender #Stratocaster Base measures 3"(76mm) x 1-5/8"(42mm). Unsolder the ground wire from the trem claw. Road Worn® Tremolo Arm w/Aged White Tip. If you have any questions, you can contact us on 01925 407056 or +44 (0)01925 407056 for customers outside the UK. We also ship to Northern Ireland, the Highlands and Islands, The Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and the Channel Islands using a 48 hour service. It had great sustain, a little more Tele-like but still a strat. Or call Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein and ask if he’ll mod your Floyd to a hardtail. Any order containing aerosols will be subject the the shipping prices below. Great. Chrome-plated hardtail strings-thru-body bridge assembly with six block-style saddles, intonation screws, springs, and saddle height adjustment screws Bridge Plate Dimensions: 2.89" x 1.57" Bridge mounting spacing is approximately 2-5/32" (54.7 mm) Fits imported Strat models with hardtail bridge design or for an imported Telecaster If you are adjusting a Fender Strat-style guitar with a floating bridge, this is the point at which you will balance the trem so that the strings will pull the bridge base off of the body. American Professional Strat® Bridge Assembly. Planned to use this Gotoh bridge - might not work. American Professional Tele® 3-Saddle Bridge Assembly. Fender Part #: 006-0068-000, 0060068000 Fender Bridge Assembly for Tele (non-tremolo £86.99 Inc. VAT. We'll prepare your order in under 2 hours and drop you an email as soon as it's ready to collect". Most (Clapton included) will tell you that the springs have an effect on the sounds, which is part of what makes a Strat the way it does. +44 (0)1925 407 056 Easy to install on flat top guitars, strings load through back lip of bridge plate. We ship it with three chrome screws and an adjusting wrench. Condition is "Used". We can ship to most countries in the world with one of our many shipping partners. If your order is shipped using our Next Day Delivery service, you can change your delivery date online, via text, or by using the free 'DPD' app. “Referring now to FIG. By gerald liebrecht from Peoria, AZ Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Verified Buyer. Our luthier designed and multi-patent issued bridges are crafted and assembled in Minneapolis, MN, using the finest materials available. High quality hardtail bridge to fit all types of Strat/Tele. For a shipping quote, simply add the item(s) to the shopping cart and select your country from the drop-down menu. New items will be sold without 20% UK VAT (Value Added Tax) but you will be liable for all import duty/tax upon arrival. Finish is great making it look very nice too! Hardtail conversion. Players who do not use the tremolo can benefit from the ease and stability in tuning, reduced weight, improved tonal characteristics and the reduction in … Genuine Fender 86-07 Am Srs Hardtail Bridge for Stratocaster/Strat 003-2909-049 4.5 out of 5 stars (4) 4 product ratings - Genuine Fender 86-07 Am Srs Hardtail Bridge for Stratocaster/Strat 003-2909-049 The most consistent, top quality Strat ... working with this hardtail bridge was great. £71.49 Inc. VAT. Planned to use this Gotoh bridge - might not work. Road Worn® Strat® Bridge Section Kit. 6 String US Flat Plate Tremolo Bridge. This is an excellent bridge! great outstanding Great service. i dont personally think it is worth it. You can also email us at sales@northwestguitars.co.uk. 2-7/32″ string spacing (some refer to these as 2-3/16″ but they are 2-7/32″). All prices are in GBP. As far as just buying a hardtail strat, that is for sure the best option, but sometimes you find a deal on a trem strat you just cant pass up, or in my case, through a cascading series of old practice spaces, flakey band mates, and left behind gear, a strat just falls in your lap. 46 You can use it as normal, lock down a point to have it only down tune your strings, or use it to lock it completely up and have a hardtail like a Strat. 6 String Hardtail Guitar Bridge. If you need your order delivered on a specific date, just write this in the comments section on your order. Top Mount Hardtail Bridge fits Teles®, Squier® 51 GOLD. I just purchased a Stratocaster project body, and it has a tremolo cavity. This is why this is the preferred method for people who don't want to use the trem. Remove the trem claw and springs and unscrew three screws on top of bridge to drop the metal trem block out. Trem To Hardtail Conversion by Carl Maltby is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.. You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format ; Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material ; Under the following terms: American Vintage Jaguar-Jazzmaster Tremolo Arm. It's designed to convert a Strat with a six-screw vibrato into a hardtail. £15.50 Inc. VAT. Jul 26, 2009 #1 I want to put a hardtail bridge on my white Strat since I don't use the whammy war on it and I like to go between standard and drop d and open tunings. Holds the tuning nice and stable even when performing extreme double bends. Want it by ? Joined Apr 27, 2009 Messages 3,934 Reaction score 2,539. Manufactured by Ping exclusively for Fender. A converter block for a Stratocaster.®. Fender part number: 005-8274-000 Reverb is a marketplace bringing together a wide-spanning community to buy, sell, and discuss all things music gear. style tremolo system that effectively changes it to a hardtail configuration. Please click Accept Cookies to continue to use the site. Buying with Northwest Guitars is easy. Thread starter leftyguitarman; Start date Jul 26, 2009; leftyguitarman Senior Member. 7 String US Contour Tremolo Bridge. Shipped with USPS priority mail. Re: Hard Tail Conversion For Stratocasters? The cookie settings on this website are set to 'allow all cookies' to give you the very best experience. High quality hardtail bridges with modern saddles; String-thru body style; Made from Stamped steel; Modelled on the original stratocaster hardtail bridges; Bolted to the body with colour matched screws (included) Available in Chrome, Black or Gold; String Spacing - 10.5mm (52mm E to E) $19.99 Also fits ’72 Tele Thinline, ’72 Tele Deluxe, and Cabronita Telecaster (Mexico) ’99-present. If you have any questions, you can contact us on 01925 407056 or +44 (0)1925 407056 for customers outside the UK. Includes mounting screws. We look at three different Stratocaster bridge upgrade options, American and Vintage styles, that can fit in either Fender or Squier guitars. Order in the next and choose next day delivery Shipping Details, Order in the next for Guaranteed Friday Dispatch, Prefer to collect from our store? Order in the next and choose next day delivery Shipping Details, Want it tomorrow? This will convert a MIM vintage style strat tremolo bridge to a hardtail in a jiffy. Years ago I saw a "flame" guitar bridge so you could convert a trem stratocaster to a hardtail strat. Please note that, due to the restrictions placed on the transportation of aerosols, we are unable to offer an economy shipping service for these products. 7, associated with the bridge plate 10 is an inertia block 11, which projects downwardly from the bridge plate 10 and extends into a recess 31 in the body 2 of the guitar 1. Each individual bridge is inspected and tested before being shipped to you, to ensure the best possible performance. 6 String Tone-A-Matic Guitar Bridge - Nashville. 2-1/16" String Spacing. All rights reserved. Genuine Fender American Vintage non-tremolo hardtail bridge plate for Stratocaster or Telecaster. If your order is shipped using our Next Day Delivery service, you can choose from a range of premium delivery options to help get your goods when you need them: Please note, these services are only available for orders shipping to the UK Mainland. Gold finish universal hardtail bridge for electric guitar. To actually convert it to a proper hardtail would involve filling the holes in the body. Chunky Hardtail String-thru Bridge with Modern Saddles for Stratocaster Telecaster, Make a purchase over £50 and we'll give you free shipping within the UK, If you have any questions, you can contact us on, If you have any questions, you can contact us on 01925 407056 or +44 (0), More information can be obtained from our, High quality hardtail bridges with modern saddles, Modelled on the original stratocaster hardtail bridges, Bolted to the body with colour matched screws (included), Classic String-Through Bridge for Hardtail Stratocaster, Hardtail Toploader Bridge with Vintage Saddles for Stratocaster Telecaster, Hardtail String-thru Bridge with Vintage Saddles for Stratocaster Telecaster, Hardtail Toploader Bridge with Modern Saddles for Stratocaster Telecaster. This should be enough but if you want to go further you can also put a piece of wood (maple is good as it's hard) between the inertia block and the body. It was like this one, but for stratocasters: I do not care for the design and I really don't want to block my strat with pieces of wood so if any of you know about that bridge I saw or another option, please let me know. 6 String Tone-A-Matic Guitar Bridge - Metric. String spacing is 2-1/8"(54mm). $21.99 OUT OF STOCK This is what I figured. We can also offer cheaper rates for small goods like strings and accessories. The anchor screws 14 provide a hinge for the bridge plate 10 relative to the face 8. You can post now and register later. More information can be obtained from our terms and conditions. £13.49 sales@northwestguitars.co.uk. 6 String US Contour Tremolo Bridge. Correct vintage steel saddles and classic three hole mounting make this a direct drop in for lots of telecaster®s. 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