Stratocaster hardtail vintage bridge spacing to narrow bridge.

[Samhain]

Hello everyone.
I have a hard tail strat body that has the vintage bridge spacing and I'm having an issue with the high string being too close to the edge of the fretboard.
I'm wondering, can I convert the body to the narrow bridge spacing?
Can I drill out the string hole and install the narrower warmoth bridge?
Thanks for your replies!

 

[stratamania]

The answer is on the description of this page.


http://www.warmoth.com/Stratreg-Flat-Mount-Bridge-Humbucker-Spacing-Chrome-P583C705.aspx

To use this bridge on a vintage spec body, the string through body holes must be enlarged from 1/8" to 3/16" (4.7mm) to allow the strings access to the narrower string holes in the base plate.

So it's certainly possible if you have access to a pillar drill. Doing it with a hand drill could lead to less than stellar results.

 

[Samhain]

AHH! I see that now.
Thanks so much for pointing that out.