drysideshooter
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Cagey, I am asking you specifically because I saw a thread where you dealt with this same problem back in 2010 or so.
I have a Warmoth hardtail Strat body and a Warmoth neck. I ordered the body set up for vintage Strat with vintage Strat string spacing.
I ordered the only Hipshot hardtail bridge that had the right string spacing, and hole spacing for the Warmoth body. The bridge only has a .090" floor height. The mounting screw spacing and string holes line up perfectly with the Warmoth body. The mounting screws are .890" center to center, and the string holes are .446" center to center. Those holes line up perfectly with the Warmoth body holes. Hipshot has two other hardtail bridges, one with a .125" floor height and one with a .175" floor height, but the holes would be off with my body as the mounting screws are .875" center to center and the string spacing is .416".
The problem, as you can imagine, is that the adjustment screws in the saddles are are almost screwed all of the way out of the bottom of the saddles and I still have a bit more to go. At this point I would rather not do what you did, which is route the neck pocket deeper. I would rather replace the bridge. Do you know what hardtail bridge will worth with the Warmoth body set up for the vintage spacing? Looking on the Warmoth website it doesn't give great diimensions of the hardtail bridge they sell, but from what I can tell it doesn't look like the floor height is any thicker.
Any help would be genuinely appreciated.
I have a Warmoth hardtail Strat body and a Warmoth neck. I ordered the body set up for vintage Strat with vintage Strat string spacing.
I ordered the only Hipshot hardtail bridge that had the right string spacing, and hole spacing for the Warmoth body. The bridge only has a .090" floor height. The mounting screw spacing and string holes line up perfectly with the Warmoth body. The mounting screws are .890" center to center, and the string holes are .446" center to center. Those holes line up perfectly with the Warmoth body holes. Hipshot has two other hardtail bridges, one with a .125" floor height and one with a .175" floor height, but the holes would be off with my body as the mounting screws are .875" center to center and the string spacing is .416".
The problem, as you can imagine, is that the adjustment screws in the saddles are are almost screwed all of the way out of the bottom of the saddles and I still have a bit more to go. At this point I would rather not do what you did, which is route the neck pocket deeper. I would rather replace the bridge. Do you know what hardtail bridge will worth with the Warmoth body set up for the vintage spacing? Looking on the Warmoth website it doesn't give great diimensions of the hardtail bridge they sell, but from what I can tell it doesn't look like the floor height is any thicker.
Any help would be genuinely appreciated.