avengers63 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 I'm working on building a tele, and I can't find a part I want. Maybe it's not made, but who knows. I want it to have she standard p/u set, but I don't want the standard bridge. I'd like to put a tune-o-matic bridge on it, but I can't do this without putting the bridge single coil in some kind of mounting ring. It's this ring that I can't find. Rings for the neck aren't any problem to find, but bridge rings don't seem to exist. Do they exist & I can't find them, or am I stuck with a traditional tele bridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyonsdream Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 http://www.dguitarparts.com/puparts.htm You could buy a tele bridge piece and cut out the portion that you are looking for or you could just buy a pickup mounting ring for a statocaster. The link I placed above has them for sale. I’ve seen other ones around too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGGOTBRAIN Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Good question...Looked for the same part myself with no luck. I think I'm going to make one from a Bigsby pickup mounting plate and cut off what isnt needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 http://www.dguitarparts.com/puparts.htm You could buy a tele bridge piece and cut out the portion that you are looking for or you could just buy a pickup mounting ring for a statocaster. The link I placed above has them for sale. I’ve seen other ones around too. I've seen those kinds of rings in my search. They've all been listed as rings for the neck p/u. I'm looking for a bridge ring. I want to keep the classic look of a pickguard, so rear-routing & top-mounting the p/u's isn't an option. Has anyone ever hacked apart a tele bridge to make a ring out of it? That's always an option, but I'd hate to effectively spend $20 for a ring that should only be 3-4 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 I'm working on building a tele, and I can't find a part I want. Maybe it's not made, but who knows. I want it to have she standard p/u set, but I don't want the standard bridge. I'd like to put a tune-o-matic bridge on it, but I can't do this without putting the bridge single coil in some kind of mounting ring. It's this ring that I can't find. Rings for the neck aren't any problem to find, but bridge rings don't seem to exist. Do they exist & I can't find them, or am I stuck with a traditional tele bridge? You could always mount the pickup directly to the body like on the old lap steels and the new GE Smith Tele. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnQYoRYedF0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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