Fender Stratocaster Bridge Assembly Vintage-Style
Fender Stratocaster Bridge Assembly Vintage-Style Reviews
Slap a vintage bridge onto your U.S.- or Mexico-made Strat with the Stratocaster Bridge Assembly Vintage-Style from Fender. This plated, die-cast, classic-period bridge assembly is designed specifically for models that accommodate a vintage-style bridge like the Classic Series from 2004–present, as well as the Highway One models made before 2006. Since it also fits Deluxe Fat Strat, Double Fat Strat, Deluxe Powerhouse Strat, Deluxe Players Strat, Antigua Stratocaster, J5 Triple Tele Deluxe, Cyclone, and Pawn Shop Super-Sonic guitars, many Fender owners here at Sweetwater have put this bridge on their axes.
I've stripped out 3 of these lol.
They fit. They work.
They're also threaded sloppily and the blocks are made of really, really soft pot metal.
So if you use your tremolo arm, get ready to stick a new one of these in your Strat every year, or less.
Or just spend a bit more and get a Wilkinson or something better. As nice as it is having Fender OEM parts on a Fender guitar, it feels bad burning through parts that are made in Taiwan with Fender's name on it. Make no mistake, these aren't the same bridges that David Gilmour and Hendrix had, anyway.
Too big for my squier but I dont care
Replaced the bridge in my Squier Strat with this, and I had to leave the back cover off because it pokes out the back of the body by 1-2mm, which I understand is a fault of my own. I didn't know Squiers have a thinner body than proper Fender Strats. I'm not really bothered by that though, it doesn't affect my playing at all and seems to hold string tension better than before so I'm happy with the upgrade.
Fender Tele Bridge
Very nice. Good fit.
Legit vintage bridge
Fit and finish are excellent. The bevel is straight and smooth with no burrs or other defects. All of the chrome plating is free from scratches and pits. The adjustment screws have good running torque on the threads and operate smoothly. Bridge function is perfect! I can go from fully in-tune to totally slack, and it returns to pitch just fine (once the strings have settled in).
Springs on the adjustment screws are a little short, so you may need some longer ones if your intonation requires the full thread length. All of the retailers for some reason have the spacing specs wrong for this part number: the mounting-hole and string spacing are 2-7/32" (2.219"); I measured with calipers just to be sure. It was a drop-in replacement on my 1982 Standard Stratocaster.
Another one
Bought a 2nd for a Luna I bought about 12 years ago. Had to do a little ( very little very carefully). Works great, good sustain well built.
Too easy
Got here in two days, the two outside screw holes were a bit askew but with some careful re-drill the piece went right on and attenuation is spot on.
this is a better than average deal for sure.
Great Deal
Originally I was looking for the Tremolo block for my Highway 1 Strat only because the threads on that part had corroded and it would no longer retain the whammy bar. Then I saw this deal and another like it on Sweetwater for not much more than the block by itself. Was looking at two different ones and Dave Snow (he was great!) recommended this one so I went with it.
1. It fits perfectly.
2. Works great.
3. The graphite saddles I had for my old one fit perfectly in it.
4. The spring and ball bearing I had to stabilize the whammy fit in it perfectly.
I am very satisfied and very happy to have my favorite guitar back in good working order. Thank you Dave and thank you Sweetwater. Now let me go eat my candy.
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