Can you mount a Tunomatic bridge on a Telecaster or Stratocaster

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Can you mount a Tunomatic bridge on a Telecaster or Stratocaster

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Are you looking to put a Tunomatic style bridge on a guitar that isn't designed for it? Let's talk about what you need to know in order to make that work.
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@mattliebenau9083 6 ай бұрын

Bigsby used to sell a shim to use when mounting one of their tailpieces on a Tele with a Jazzmaster / Jaguar bridge. They probably still do. It’s not too tough to make one either.

@adey_baby 6 ай бұрын

I did exactly this when adding a bigsby to my Tele. Glad you have confirmed my approach. 👍

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

I hope it worked well for you.

@dikkybee 6 ай бұрын

I actually go the other way. I take guitar kits that use Tune-o-matic bridges and make them string thru. I made up a jig that I use my router on and clamp the neck in place and reduce the angle to almost zero. I take measurements and adjust each neck due to quality of the kit. I just like the thru body setup and have now changed almost all my kits.

@guitarzan0515 6 ай бұрын

God to see you do relaxed Brad!! Been following you for a long time. You’ve helped me a lot with building, finishing, etc. Thx!

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@onbedoeldekut1515 6 ай бұрын

I cut a negative shim from my heel (after removing a tiny wedge from the front/bottom tip of the neck), this allowed me to keep the break angle without raising the neck with traditional shims. What's a 'negative shim'? It's what I call the space left after removing a shim's worth of material. The only problem with introducing a break angle is there's now too much wood in the foot of the neck, and it pushes the scale out of alignment, so a tiny wedge needs to be removed to bring the last fret back where it needs to be, and then it's a case of re-drilling new holes, re-string and play!

@AndyMartin401 6 ай бұрын

Take a look at The late Rick Parfitt’s Tele. No bridge at all just a stop tail. Francis Rossi’s Tele was later converted into a Strat formation with that bridge and stop tail (Status Quo)

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

Yeah Rick’s had a very interesting setup.

@stewarttomkinson3356 6 ай бұрын

What I want to see is a Les Paul with a fender, hard, tail bridge. I think it would stay tuned better because you can adjust each one of the saddles which is a pain in the ass on the Gibson bridge.

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

You can get better raised bridges, like the Babicz system, which have individual adjustability.

@billcoonley319 6 ай бұрын

Take a look at Steve Morse's Tele from his days with the Dixie Dregs. He installed a Tune-o-Matic on it in order to have room for all those pickups.

@Nellil 6 ай бұрын

On a flat top guitar u need a 2 degree neck angle. Either on the neck heel or in the neck pocket...

@tomwilson4353 6 ай бұрын

Very informative Brad. Thanks, I always enjoy your videos and your knowledge!

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Tom

@marksmith-hs9li 6 ай бұрын

Great video ,I'm glad I asked you about it. Thanks Brad. Take a look a Rick parfitt's telecaster or Francis Rossi' guitar's .I think there's some videos on KZfaq of there ones.

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark

@danandratis 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video Brad

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

Cheers Dan

@msmith7462 9 күн бұрын

I like the fixed radius of the TOM bridge. Another option would be to drop a Fender Mustang/Jag/JM bridge on top of your Tele bridge plate. The Mustang/Jag/JM bridge has a much lower profile and would require much less customization than a true TOM. Admittedly, I haven't tried this or measured for this so there might be issues with the strings hitting the back of the bridge if it's a string-thru, but it's worth considering. Hmmm... Maybe I'll try it out on a Squier Tele; that's why we buy them, right?

@BradAngove 7 күн бұрын

Yeah, that’s certainly one reason.

@samizdat113 6 ай бұрын

The answer is usually yes if you have enough budget.

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

Yeah pretty much

@A10011 6 ай бұрын

Super cool. Thanks.

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@DaringDan 6 ай бұрын

Fender has made those in the past. They call them Troublemakers(Tele). Squier also had a P90 Strat with a wraparound bridge they came out with last year I think. I think they even used literal Epiphone parts on it.

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

That’s cool. I know Kiesel made a bunch like that as well at one point. Not sure if they still do.

@IDiggPattyMayonnaise 3 ай бұрын

They make the Jim Adkins signature

@playAgainMe 6 ай бұрын

I was thinking about this the other day but didn't know how.

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

Hopefully this was helpful.

@LoveGuitar63277 6 ай бұрын

I got a Guitar Fetish Earl Slick tele with full brass wrap around, with saddles, bridge on / posts in a rout. Sounds great but the saddles are a little awkward to intonate.

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

I’ll have to check that option out

@stuartgrier5605 6 ай бұрын

Thanks mate.

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

Cheers

@SkittleKicksPlays 5 ай бұрын

Remember that Tele's and Strat's are flat top guitars where as LPs are carved and does make a difference in how a Tune-O-Matic would fit.

@BradAngove 5 ай бұрын

True, but tunomatics are also used on flat top guitars like the sg.

@breezlee59 6 ай бұрын

Build it and we will come 🙂 Be a cool project

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

It would be a fun one. I’m not a huge fan of those bridges, but it would look neat.

@Fostext 3 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you! I have a Telecaster Body, a Gibson SG style neck/headatock, and a tuneomatic bridge. After watching this, I’m now wondering what kind of challenges I may face mixing a fender body with a Gibson neck. And I’m totally open to using a different style bridge if anyone has an idea that will better suit what I’m trying to accomplish. BTW this Tele body I have is routed out for P90s. Thanks

@BradAngove 3 ай бұрын

If you switch to a flat bridge type you will just need to sand the heel of the neck to remove the angle and it should work fine. Otherwise you keep the angle and the raised bridge, but the pickup heights will be quite high haha.

@wjewell63 6 ай бұрын

👍

@darylquintana1420 6 ай бұрын

Interesting topic. Now I have the urge to build one myself. I think I will try to add the angle to the neck pocket. What would be the best method of doing that to a Tele body that already has the traditional pocket routed?

@flapjack413 6 ай бұрын

You could build a hinged router box, and mount a handheld router on a couple of rails that ride on the box. Set the box to the desired angle and go. Or if you have a pin router, or drill press that will run at a high enough RPM for a router bit, make a hinged sled and mount the body on that and cut in the angle that way. I've used both methods many times, they will both work well and are both pretty straight forward and easy enough.

@dewayner1454 6 ай бұрын

That is a good question. I would like to know that one myself.

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

This is a great woodworking question. A lot of people prefer using an angled jig to route the pocket at an angle. I personally thing it would be easier to add a small extension to the heal of your neck and put the angle on that. If the pocket isn’t deep enough it’s easy to route it down a touch. It’s really all a matter of preference.

@dasherf17 6 ай бұрын

A similar, but different question... I have a Bicentennial Firebird that I attempted to put on an earlier Vibrola complete with lyre plate. The strings were way off the fingerboard and the bridge decked...was this due to the neck angle being too straight?

@BradAngove 6 ай бұрын

Could be. Was the action on really high at the bottom of the board? Some combination of shimming in a bit of neck angle and tightening the truss rod a bit are likely what you need.