If the Guitar Fetish bridge is 9.5 or 10 inch radius, that would be great. There is a real market for a 9.5 radius mustang style bridge without height adjustment grub screws to loosen and fall. It would be great if someone measures the radius of one of these with a string radius guage. If they are 9.5 I'm going to order 3 at that great price .
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Squire VM Jaguar / Mustang Replacement Bridge?
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Posted on Oct 07 2015 05:03 PM
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Posted on Oct 08 2015 11:22 AM
HibachimanPaul62 wrote:
I emailed Guitar Fetish back and had them double check the radius on this bridge. They came back insisting it is a 10" radius. I suppose I am going to pull the trigger today on one. —THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com |
Joined: Sep 06, 2012 Posts: 1300 Lawrenceville , GA
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Posted on Oct 08 2015 12:10 PM
I should be getting mine today. But I don't plan on installing it until I get some other parts. |
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Posted on Oct 08 2015 12:36 PM
Yeah...the shipping for my address here in Alabama through UPS was quoted as $14.95. I went with snail mail, which was still $7.00. —THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com |
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Joined: Sep 06, 2012 Posts: 1300 Lawrenceville , GA
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Posted on Oct 08 2015 07:20 PM
I held mine side by side with a stock bridge from my jazzmaster and they seem to be the same radius. The saddles aren't as substantial as my staytrem. But you can buy 4 of these for that price. Seems pretty well made. |
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Posted on Oct 09 2015 08:53 AM
Well...I have mine on order. Thanks for your assessment. Here is hoping for good results. I purchased the "mustang" bridge shortly after I obtained the guitar. It works. But, frankly, the conflicting radius of the bridge vs. the neck bothers me. The low and high E strings just don't feel right sitting so much closer to the neck than the other 4. —THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com |
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Posted on Oct 09 2015 09:50 AM
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Posted on Oct 09 2015 10:00 AM
Surf_Skater wrote:
Duty calls. I certainly understand. I have had to turn down some absolutely amazing shows due to work and family obligations. Were you at the Surf Stomp Fest? I actually drove into town for that. —THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com |
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Posted on Oct 09 2015 11:58 AM
killbabykill34 wrote:
Worked that weekend too. |
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Posted on Oct 09 2015 03:09 PM
killbabykill34 wrote:
I don't see how it could be. This has to be the same off the shelf basic Mustang bridge that everyone sells. There aren't a bunch of factories making these, there is probably just one. And Guitar Fetish isn't having them custom made, otherwise he'd be touting it like it was the best thing ever, as he does. They are 7.25" radius. And unless the bridge is installed with strings on it, measuring the difference between 7.25" and 9.5" is impossible to get correctly. —"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
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Posted on Oct 09 2015 07:26 PM
I just popped a Fender Mustang bridge part#003-5555-000 in my VM Jag. Once I set the action and intonated it its been a night and day difference! The Jag still sounds like a Jag but no more tuning after every other song, no more buzzing and no Loctite required. Just drop and in and go. Plus its a much more attractive than the old bridge. |
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Posted on Oct 16 2015 09:00 AM
Surf_Skater wrote:
Have you installed yours yet? Mine came in the mail on Tuesday. And just comparing it to the Mustang bridge I put on last year it appears to be the undesirable 7.5 radius, vs. the 9.5-10 that GuitarFetish claimed. —THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com |
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Posted on Oct 16 2015 04:57 PM
killbabykill34 wrote:
I just kinda slapped everything together the other night and planned on setting it up properly over the weekend. I'll measure it as best I can after I set it up. |
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Posted on Oct 17 2015 01:51 PM
Well, I made a cardboard radius template and it is 7.25. Sorry for the false alarm everyone. |
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Posted on Jan 16 2016 02:42 PM
I've read through this thread several times. I thought about buying a Mastery but I'm a 2 dollar player and a tinkerer. I ordered the Fender Mustang bridge a week ago. Today it's off to the shop. The first pic is of the mustang bridge with some heat shrink tubing on it where it will slide down into the Jag's original post openings. The next shot is after I realized that the only thing needed from the mustang was the saddles. After measuring everything and seeing there wasn't a reason to not swap, I did. There is 2 layers off heat shrink on the jag's posts to take all most all of the rocking out of it. The last pic is the mustang saddles in the jag bridge all ready for setup. Am I missing something or is this all that is needed? Last edited: Jan 16, 2016 14:45:06 |
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Posted on Jan 17 2016 11:54 AM
wfoguy, this looks like an elegant solution to the radius problem caused by the Mustang bridge replacement and a pleasingly ingenious and simple budget alternative to the Mastery. As someone who is very interested in the Squier VM JM and Jag, but concerned about the bridge buzz issue and, like you, more of a "2 dollar" player, how has this setup worked out in actual practice? —-Tim |
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Posted on Jan 17 2016 01:41 PM
Wfoguy, are you saying that you took the saddles off of the Mustang bridge and installed them into the Jaguar bridge, this correcting the radius issue? wfoguy wrote: — THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com |
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Posted on Jan 17 2016 07:39 PM
Killbaby, you are correct. I did a comprehensive measurement comparison and found no reason not to do this. My complaints with the jag were the threaded thimbles and the rocking bridge. The 2 layers of heat shrink have reduced the movement to a fraction of the originals. The mustang saddles have taken care of moving the strings around with picking. The "can't see the forest for the trees" analogy comes to mind. |
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Posted on Jan 18 2016 12:20 PM
For those that don't want the hassle of ordering a replacement bridge for a bridge that is completely usable: |
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Posted on Jan 18 2016 04:58 PM
so1om, I haven't tried the different gauge strings yet but that is next. I read your setup info and have found that to be correct. A lot of guitar setup is physics and mechanics. |
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