Homer J. Simpson
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I'm expecting delivery of a 1982 TE-70 '64 model with the period-correct 3-barrel ashtray bridge. As much as I admire how nicely that resembles what can be found on a '64 Custom Telecaster, I'm not a big fan of making compromises re intonation and I was wondering if the bridge could be simply replaced with a Tokai 6-saddle bridge (oddly some earlier TE-70s have that one and I've seen both on 1981 examples).
But this old thread (where someone wanted to swap the 6-saddle bridge for an ashtray) seems to say that they may have different spacing, because there was a change from imperial to metric in 1983. That may or may not indicate that they are interchangeable if the replacement is from the same era. Anybody having any insight on this?
(Of course I may get away with compensated saddles but I'd love use a Tokai part of the same age).
But this old thread (where someone wanted to swap the 6-saddle bridge for an ashtray) seems to say that they may have different spacing, because there was a change from imperial to metric in 1983. That may or may not indicate that they are interchangeable if the replacement is from the same era. Anybody having any insight on this?
(Of course I may get away with compensated saddles but I'd love use a Tokai part of the same age).