Help identifying this Rivers Cuomo bridge and spacing?

[mywhitenoise]

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.

Here are some pictures for reference:

 

[Strat Avenger]

Looks like a vintage Fender hardtail bridge to me. I can definitely see a gap between the saddles.

 

[stratamania]

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.

 

[supertruper1988]

That looks like graphtech string saver saddles on a vintage style bridge plate.

You can see the similarities to some older pics of a tele I made and used that same setup on

https://imgur.com/P6dYNzU

https://imgur.com/eiq6gHR

 

[supertruper1988]

There is also a very long thread about these guitars. It has a bunch of great info.

K

Thread 'Blue Strat replica (Weezer content)'

Jul 23, 2022

First post and fourth Warmoth - probably the one I’m most proud of.

This is based on Rivers Cuomo’s original blue Warmoth from 1994. I tried to get it as close as possible - right down to the exact bridge, which took over two years to find.

It’s not done just yet, as I have a 90s era neck (similar to Vintage Construction, but 22 frets) that will be going on it after it’s cleaned up and re-fretted.

Some info on the original:

https://warmoth.com/index.php/blog/weezer-warmoth/

Currently working on a replica of the red Fender that was used early on, but some of the details are a bit of a...

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[mywhitenoise]

That looks like graphtech string saver saddles on a vintage style bridge plate.

You can see the similarities to some older pics of a tele I made and used that same setup on

https://imgur.com/P6dYNzU

https://imgur.com/eiq6gHR

These pics are very helpful, thank you!

 

[supertruper1988]

Doing more reading, it seems that it is known that it is not a vintage bridge but rather a 54mm drill pattern. The level of chrome and compatible bridges for a 54mm spacing is definitely something I would not be hung up on. you need a 54mm bridge and graphtech saddles.

 

[mywhitenoise]

Doing more reading, it seems that it is known that it is not a vintage bridge but rather a 54mm drill pattern. The level of chrome and compatible bridges for a 54mm spacing is definitely something I would not be hung up on. you need a 54mm bridge and graphtech saddles.

Thanks again! I follow the other Weezer thread, but it's more focused on his original Blue Strat from the 90s. This stickered seafoam one is from the late 00s. I am starting to lean on it being a Hipshot hardtail with Graphtech String Saver saddles, just not sure if its vintage spacing or modern spacing. Your Tele makes me think he's using the vintage spacing.