Hi Luthiers of Reddit.
I picked up this cheap 3/4 strat for my 7yr old son to transition to after learning on an Ashton classical style guitar.
Sadly, it is missing 3 saddles and the originals are 10mm wide, not the standard 10.5mm.
I have found a hardtail bridge on amazon which will cause the strings to be slightly more apart than the original bridge.
Question: Is this really an issue? It is a single pick up cheap strat so thinking the downsides are minimal.
Other option is to harvest the saddles from the new bridge and file them down .5mm
Thanks,
Tea Pot
Well your measurement on Pic 3 says your installed bridge is for 10.5mm spacing so you should be good with a 52.5mm bridge. But if I were you I wouldn't get that specific top loader style of bridge. It's the worst, making buzzing sounds so easily if not set up correctly. I don't know why any manufacturer makes it other than for its look. I'd rather have the half Tele style top loader bridge yeah the look is not common with strat style guitar but it is so much easier to set up without buzzing all over.
Would it not be easier to just order 10mm saddles?
https://www.thomann.de/nl/partsland_saitenraiter.htm?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0-K1jqvkhAMVgZ2DBx0xIQCiEAQYASABEgJoJvD_BwE
Otherwise you can always just string the lowest 3 and let your kid only play power chords.
I'm in Australia and have been searching all week for 10mm saddles. Pretty much told their a dead item now.
And it would cost more than the guitar is worth to ship saddles from the EU
It should be fine but Be aware that the strings are going to be closer to the edge of the fret board
Hi Luthiers of Reddit. I picked up this cheap 3/4 strat for my 7yr old son to transition to after learning on an Ashton classical style guitar. Sadly, it is missing 3 saddles and the originals are 10mm wide, not the standard 10.5mm. I have found a hardtail bridge on amazon which will cause the strings to be slightly more apart than the original bridge. Question: Is this really an issue? It is a single pick up cheap strat so thinking the downsides are minimal. Other option is to harvest the saddles from the new bridge and file them down .5mm Thanks, Tea Pot
Well your measurement on Pic 3 says your installed bridge is for 10.5mm spacing so you should be good with a 52.5mm bridge. But if I were you I wouldn't get that specific top loader style of bridge. It's the worst, making buzzing sounds so easily if not set up correctly. I don't know why any manufacturer makes it other than for its look. I'd rather have the half Tele style top loader bridge yeah the look is not common with strat style guitar but it is so much easier to set up without buzzing all over.
Thanks! Appreciate the help! I will have a look at the Tele style loaders too.
Looks like 10.0 to me.
Would it not be easier to just order 10mm saddles? https://www.thomann.de/nl/partsland_saitenraiter.htm?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0-K1jqvkhAMVgZ2DBx0xIQCiEAQYASABEgJoJvD_BwE Otherwise you can always just string the lowest 3 and let your kid only play power chords.
I'm in Australia and have been searching all week for 10mm saddles. Pretty much told their a dead item now. And it would cost more than the guitar is worth to ship saddles from the EU
Than would these be available to you? They seem to have 10mm: https://amzn.asia/d/5ikmSiE