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For as long as I've been building guitars and basses, the classic Hipshot hardtail bridge has been the mainstay for builders needing a friendly, easy-to-implement 6, 7 or 8 (and now 9!) string hardtail bridge. This classic hardtail became synonymous with single-scale extended range instruments, gracing guitars by both amateur and boutique custom-builders alike. You could even suggest that it played a pioneer role in driving the development of these instruments and it's still just as popular over ten years later, regularly appearing on member builds here on ProjectGuitar.com. Hipshot have relea
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This tutorial is an update on the original by @Brian - all credit goes to him! I bought a cheap Alder body from eBay for a great price, however I wanted to fit a hardtail bridge instead of a vintage six-screw tremolo like it was set up for. The patient whilst I was sanding off the original finish and bad veneer: The plan of action is to rout out the tremolo cavities into accurately-sized rectangles and fit matching pieces of Alder without any gaps. Firstly, I located some Alder with roughly the same grain ring orientation as the body itself. The body is two-piece so
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File Name: Hipshot 8-String Fixed Bridge File Submitter: curtisa File Submitted: 24 Jun 2014 File Category: Bridges DXF drawing of Hipshot 8-string hardtail bridge for models 41160 (0.125" floor thickness) and 41165 (0.175" floor thickness). Dimensions in mm.
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File Name: Hipshot 7-String Fixed Bridge File Submitter: curtisa File Submitted: 24 Jun 2014 File Category: Bridges DXF drawing of Hipshot 7-string hardtail bridge for models 41150 (0.125" floor thickness) and 41155 (0.175" floor thickness). Dimensions in mm.
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File Name: Hipshot 6-String Fixed Bridge File Submitter: curtisa File Submitted: 24 Jun 2014 File Category: Bridges DXF drawing of Hipshot 6-string hardtail bridge for models 41100 (0.125" floor thickness) and 41105 (0.175" floor thickness). Dimensions in mm.
