Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: Elliot on February 08, 2006, 09:43:30 AM

Title: Just fitted a new bridge - any thoughts
Post by: Elliot on February 08, 2006, 09:43:30 AM

My old Fender bridge in my JV '62 strat had turned to rust and the trem arm had snapped - so I put in a £30 Wilkinson on the basis that it was like a Callahan (i.e. steel block and adjusted string holes)

It sound a lot more stratty than the old fender bridge - somehow those Knopfler, Cray, Richard Thompson type dynamics are increased.

However, it need setting up and I don't know the ball park measurements - so:

Assuming a medium action:

What is the average 12th fret height for the strings
What is the average pickup height bass and treble

Title: Just fitted a new bridge - any thoughts
Post by: jimi hendrix on February 18, 2006, 08:04:45 PM

Don't know if its any help, but there's a bit on setting up vintage/floating  trems here
http://www.ibanezrules.com/tech/setup/action.htm ,plus some other bits

Title: Just fitted a new bridge - any thoughts
Post by: jimi hendrix on February 18, 2006, 08:18:52 PM

http://mysite.verizon.net/jazz.guitar/guitarsetup.htm just found this one as well, which gives the string heights for Fender's depending on fretboard radius

Title: Just fitted a new bridge - any thoughts
Post by: Elliot on February 19, 2006, 12:55:43 PM

cheers JH !!!!