Question about a telecaster bridge.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Talk about spooky!!

I've just been attacking my new Tele with a drill to fit a pickup into the bridge cavity.

I thought it would be a simple swap but.  :?

It's a bit grim in there now and the fit is very tight so I'm taking it to Feline ASAP to get the new scratchplate fitted and some dirty looks.

I hate it when a simple job goes tits up...  :(

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[Afghan Dave]

Talk about spooky!!

I've just been attacking my new Tele with a drill to fit a pickup into the bridge cavity.

I thought it would be a simple swap but.  :?

It's a bit grim in there now and the fit is very tight so I'm taking it to Feline ASAP to get the new scratchplate fitted and some dirty looks.

I hate it when a simple job goes tits up...  :(

 :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

It's getting alot worse now... I'VE BOUGHT A DREMEL!!  :?

[badgermark]

Talk about spooky!!

I've just been attacking my new Tele with a drill to fit a pickup into the bridge cavity.

I thought it would be a simple swap but.  :?

It's a bit grim in there now and the fit is very tight so I'm taking it to Feline ASAP to get the new scratchplate fitted and some dirty looks.

I hate it when a simple job goes tits up...  :(

 :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

It's getting alot worse now... I'VE BOUGHT A DREMEL!!  :?

Cmon Dave, post pictures of your conquest. It can't be a worse routing job than my tele. Show off the mojo scars.

[Philly Q]

It's getting alot worse now... I'VE BOUGHT A DREMEL!!  :?

I'd have gone for a proper router... Dremels are utterly wanky.

[38thBeatle]

It's getting alot worse now... I'VE BOUGHT A DREMEL!!  :?

I'd have gone for a proper router... Dremels are utterly wanky.

Blimey, they have an attachment for everything.

[Philly Q]

Yeah, and they all break after five minutes.  Although Dave may be able to beat that.

[FELINEGUITARS]

I have a few different Dremels and I find them really useful, but wouldn't use one for routing out pickup cavities.
Good for inlay work if you get a base for them

[WezV]

yeah, mine does inlay (with the stew-mac base, not the dremel one), drilling trem claw screw holes (with a flexishaft), routing fender nut slots and i have a brush attachment for cleaning hard to reach places.

wouldnt want to do pickup routes with it

[Ian Price]

What is the alternative router to a dremel? I've heard they are good for some things but not at all reliable.

[Afghan Dave]

When I finish the Tele modding I'm gonna try a bit of dentistry with the burr attachment!

CASHBACK!

[Philly Q]

What is the alternative router to a dremel? I've heard they are good for some things but not at all reliable.

Something like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-POF-1200-AE-Router/dp/B001E4EJ5S/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&s=diy&qid=1264070855&sr=1-32

They're not cheap, I think mine cost about £40 and that was 20 years ago.  But it's the best power-tool investment I've ever made.  Not that I buy many power-tools!

[Ian Price]

Cheers Philly. Not as expensive as I thought it would be.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Prices have really come down on routers
My big one - the Elu Mof177 - cost me £350 back in 1990
Damn good router though!

The Bosch ones are good too
I use a couple of Bosch POF500s for most of the small work

I also use the DRemel in the Stewmac base unit

[38thBeatle]

If I may hijack the thread a little but keep to the topic of Tele bridges: a friend of mine has given me a USA Tele six saddle bridge and I was trying to decide whether to use it to replace the vintage style bridge on my MIM Tele. Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions upon the tone advantages/disadvantages? Could I take off just the old saddles and stick the six in their place? That may be a dumb question but I haven't actually opened the pack that it is in yet. It is the intonation issues that I am thinking of resolving you see. 

[Philly Q]

If I may hijack the thread a little but keep to the topic of Tele bridges: a friend of mine has given me a USA Tele six saddle bridge and I was trying to decide whether to use it to replace the vintage style bridge on my MIM Tele. Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions upon the tone advantages/disadvantages? Could I take off just the old saddles and stick the six in their place? That may be a dumb question but I haven't actually opened the pack that it is in yet. It is the intonation issues that I am thinking of resolving you see. 

Is it an Fender American Standard bridge, Steve?  If it is, it would be pretty difficult to swap. 

The vintage style bridge has four screws in front of the string holes, the American Standard has three screws behind the string holes.  The string spacing will be different too.

On the other hand, if it's one of the after-market vintage style bridges with six saddles, it should be a straight swap.  They're generally considered to sound worse than the three saddle type, though - too many parts, I guess.