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Sex Panther Tele

Tele Bridge Placement

I want to start routing the Tele body to install the humbucker.  That means placing the bridge in the correct spot and marking the pickup location.

Easy peasy.  Just put the bridge on and line up the string holes with the holes in the body.  Then a quick double check with a correct size neck to make sure the saddles are in the correct spot with some adjustment and all should be good.

Except it’s not

Apparently this guitar body is made for vintage style telecaster bridge, not a modern one like I have.  This means the holes for the strings are in the wrong spot.  Vintage bridges have the string holes farther back from the saddles.

Bummer, but much better to figure this out now than later!

What to do now?  Move the string holes to the right spot (about a 1/4″ toward the neck). No big deal because the bridge will cover this up.

This is what the bridge looks like when it’s in the correct spot with wifey poo’s yarn standing in for strings.
The line in front of the six holes is where the string holes need to go.

I’ll also have to deal with the ferrule holes on the back of the body. I’ll prolly plug the holes and then install one of these cool brass string ferrule blocks.