Hardtail bridge Callaham/Warmoth

[nivraM]

Hey,

I recently got a callaham, vintage string spacing, hardtail bridge to replace the warmoth vintage hardtail bridge I've had on my guitar. But here's the thing, the fit isn't perfect. With the callaham bridge plate the strings aren't centered on the saddles. So, I swapped the old warmoth bridge plate back with the callaham saddles and everything was the way it's supposed to be.

I wanted to know if any of you has faced kind of the same issue with callaham and warmoth.

Thank you !

 

[Cagey]

"Vintage" string spacing for Fender was 2 7/32". Modern string spacing is 2 1/16". Modern Fender (and Warmoth) necks are 2 3/16" wide at the heel, so the wider vintage spacing will put the high and low E strings right on the edge of the fretboard (making it essentially unplayable) and also won't line up with the poles on the pickups.

Warmoth makes an extra-wide neck that'll bolt into a standard neck pocket, but you rarely see anyone use them. I've only seen one in the last 10 years or so.

 

[nivraM]

"Vintage" string spacing for Fender was 2 7/32". Modern string spacing is 2 1/16". Modern Fender (and Warmoth) necks are 2 3/16" wide at the heel, so the wider vintage spacing will put the high and low E strings right on the edge of the fretboard (making it essentially unplayable) and also won't line up with the poles on the pickups.

Warmoth makes an extra-wide neck that'll bolt into a standard neck pocket, but you rarely see anyone use them. I've only seen one in the last 10 years or so.

Hey thanks for your time. I know they have different string spacing options. On mine I put vintage nut string spacing with vintage spring spacing. The string spacing being 2 7/32" on the Callaham and 2 1/4" on the Warmoth, I should get the opposite result. But when on the guitar, It's like the Callaham is wider. I don't get it.

This is the one i had before.

http://www.warmoth.com/Strat-Flat-Mount-Bridge-Vintage-Spacing-Chrome-P118C703.aspx

 

[stratamania]

It looks to me more to do with the string thru body holes. With the saddles on the Callaham base plate the holes are not aligned with those in the body whereas the photo with the same saddles on the original base plate does appear to align.

Its probably the strings coming thru the body into the Callaham base plate at a less than straight path that is causing the saddles to move.

 

[Cagey]

2 1/4" = 2 8/32", so the one is only 1/32" different than the other. I'm surprised you can even see it without a caliper, since 1/32 is a pretty small space. There's gotta be, like, hundreds of 32nds in an inch :laughing7:

 

[nivraM]

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It looks to me more to do with the string thru body holes. With the saddles on the Callaham base plate the holes are not aligned with those in the body whereas the photo with the same saddles on the original base plate does appear to align.

Its probably the strings coming thru the body into the Callaham base plate at a less than straight path that is causing the saddles to move.

Hey, thank you for your answer. I thought about the same thing so I guess that's what it is.

 

[nivraM]

2 1/4" = 2 8/32", so the one is only 1/32" different than the other. I'm surprised you can even see it without a caliper, since 1/32 is a pretty small space. There's gotta be, like, hundreds of 32nds in an inch :laughing7:

I know it's not much. That's why I bought it in the first place. Would've never thought I could see the difference but the pictures speak for themselves. Oh well, I guess it's not a big deal. I was just curious to know if it was fixable or something. Thank you.

 

[stratamania]

2 1/4" = 2 8/32", so the one is only 1/32" different than the other. I'm surprised you can even see it without a caliper, since 1/32 is a pretty small space. There's gotta be, like, hundreds of 32nds in an inch :laughing7:

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