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Help identifying this Rivers Cuomo bridge and spacing?

mywhitenoise

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I'm trying to narrow down what bridge Rivers Cuomo is using in this build.

The Strat is a Warmoth build, but I don't believe the bridge is 54mm spaced Warmoth's Narrow Spaced Strat Flat Mount, because the 52mm string saver saddles don't appear to have a gap between them. The chrome on his bridge is also not as shiny as Warmoth's Narrow Spaced bridge.

It's also not an American Standard Flat Mount, because the string saver saddles are not offset, and the screws beneath the plate are evenly spaced.

I suspect it could be a Hipshot 41200M in stainless steel chrome, or a Callaham American Standard bridge. Any guesses on what the string spacing may be? The bridge pickup is allegedly a Gibson 498T.

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It looks like it has the wider “vintage” string spacing to me, based on the string spread over the pole pieces of the neck and bridge humbuckers. Also both E strings are quite close to the edge of the fretboard.

But it is not a Vintage Fender, as it has no bent steel saddles etc. It also has the wrong saddles to be a Callaham.

The Hipshot 41200M with the wider 11.5mm spacing option looks a likely choice to me.
 
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