Quick question about tele bridges..

Imp

Imp

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Hey guys,

if you rout a tele bridge position for a humbucker, would you be able to replace that with the original bridge at some point without seeing any wood missing?

i'm thinking of keeping an eye out for the parts for a tele-gib, but i don't know if i'd prefer a singlecoil bridge.. im wondering if i can have both!

Cheers,
Tom
 
Re: Quick question about tele bridges..

No. A normal Tele bridge will not cover the ears on a humbucker route. Trust me, I learned the hard way.

There might be a standard-Tele-pickup bridge with a wide-enough plate to cover a HB route, but I don't know of a specific model off hand.

Given the above info, I would seriously try several hot-to-humbuckerish Tele bridge pickups (Lil 59, QP, etc...) to make sure a true humbucker was required before I considered routing. There are so many options in Tele bridge pickups these days, it's silly to break out the router prematurely.
 
Re: Quick question about tele bridges..

thanks for the timely and concise advice, rich :D

im still at the concept stage, but i love telecaster bridge sounds.. might part together a warmoth or something :)
 
Re: Quick question about tele bridges..

Go to the GFS website, they have a Tele bridge for a HB.
 
Re: Quick question about tele bridges..

Some of the modern, machined steel Tele bridges might just cover the edges of a widened pickup cavity. The traditional stamped steel design will not.

The Tele-Gib - assembled by Seymour Duncan and later used by Jeff Beck - has a Gibson stud-mount bridge. So, for that matter, does the number one Tele of Rick Parfitt from Status Quo. (In his case, the pickup mounting half of the Fender bridge is retained.)

If you cannot decide between HB and single coil, have both - like Steve Morse used to on the Tele/Strat hybrid that he played in the Eighties.
 
Re: Quick question about tele bridges..

Yeah, I've seen a few bridges specially made for that kind of Tele. Try StewMac for parts?
 
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