Mike Hingley Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 I want to restore an old guitar - it was the first electric guitar I ever had, and I used to love playing it. I don't know much about it - here's what I think I know. It's an Encore guitar - I believe an E76S from 1992, and it needs some tender love and care. It's missing a saddle from the bridge - but I can't seem to find a replacement bridge - or set of saddles - anywhere. The saddles appear to be 9.9mm wide, and the bridge is a tremelo style bridge - 6 mounting screws to the body - the distance between the top and bottom screw is 48.96mm. I've already bought a set of saddles from ebay - only they were too wide for the bridge. Any ideas how I'm supposed to measure a bridge to find a suitable replacement, or where I might get a replacement from? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 The more usual places in the UK would be WD Music, Allparts or Axesrus. Those do seem to be very narrow saddles though Are you sure that nothing on here is suitable? https://www.axesrus.co.uk/Saddles-s/1906.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 It is narrow. I couldn't find anything on eBay other than entire Encore guitars. I presume that replacing the entire bridge isn't much of an option either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hingley Posted January 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 I don't mind replacing the bridge - it's just finding one that's the right size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 You could always buy a set of six generic cheapie folded steel saddles from ebay like these with 10.5mm string spacings, and carefully file each edge to remove the excess 0.25mm from the sides so that all six fitted. Maybe apply some clear lacquer to the edges to slow down any corrosion where the plating would be removed after filing. If it doesn't work out, at worst you've only blown a handful of quid, or you could just drop down another couple of sheckles and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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