Samfordia Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 (edited) I found a battered Fender P in a skip in-between two old mills used for rehearsal spaces and all kinds of other creative endeavours. It's in a pretty bad way but I intend to have its body stripped and painted and to purchase new parts for it. The bridge is savable but needs new screws and pins. It's one of the 'vintage' types and I've never very much cared for them as I find them ugly and cheap looking. I intend to find a new bridge so any recommendations would be great. It only has one knob and the pickguard is pretty much unusable but all of the electrics are present. The neck seems in decent shape although in need of a thorough good clean. I plan to have a custom pickguard made using metal with a brushed satin finish or at least finished in a way that looks industrial and very much not shiny and mirror like. The shape would roughly look something like [url="http://i.imgur.com/Sqb3urX.jpg"]this[/url]. Is there are good place to have this done? Perhaps a UK based website? Is it possible to have a bridge, tuners and knobs finished in a similar way? (It's a 2008/9 MiM) Edited March 20, 2016 by Samfordia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samfordia Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 [quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1458510310' post='3008256'] I would recommend the Gotoh 201 bridge [/quote] Can you remember where you bought yours? I'm not really seeing a UK supplier as of yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samfordia Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 [quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1458511527' post='3008274'] Ebay! Cost all of about £35 quid. [/quote] The cheapest I see on there at the moment is £47. Mustn't be a lot of them around. [quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1458511527' post='3008274'] One tiny note of caution. The supplied screws are thinner than the stock Fender screws, so I drilled out the bridge to accept the Fender screws rather than fill and drill the body to accept the Gotoh screws [/quote] That puts me off a little as I wouldn't be able to do that myself. I will be taking it to my luthier for other stuff at some point though, so maybe I could get them to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planer Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Sounds like the basis of a nice saved-from-the-dead build thread to me. Got any pictures worth sharing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samfordia Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 [quote name='planer' timestamp='1458514881' post='3008299'] Sounds like the basis of a nice saved-from-the-dead build thread to me. Got any pictures worth sharing? [/quote] [url="http://i.imgur.com/Z982BZt.jpg"]Neck[/url] [url="http://i.imgur.com/24M07qI.jpg"]Body[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 http://www.axesrus.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samfordia Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 [quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1458546125' post='3008365'] [url="http://www.axesrus.co.uk/"]http://www.axesrus.co.uk/[/url] [/quote] Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcki Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/products/gotoh-201-bass-bridge-57mm-string-spacing"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/products/gotoh-201-bass-bridge-57mm-string-spacing[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samfordia Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 [quote name='rmcki' timestamp='1458578816' post='3008779'] [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/products/gotoh-201-bass-bridge-57mm-string-spacing"]http://www.allparts....-string-spacing[/url] [/quote] Thanks, but Kevin already sourced the [url="http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Gotoh-201B-4-Bass-Bridge-p/201b-4.htm"]bridge[/url], and at £18 cheaper too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 That's interesting. The photos show that the super chunky looking bit that the strings anchor through is mostly hollow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy67 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I always put one of [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Genuine-Fender-Deluxe-Bass-Upgrade-Bridge-CHROME-005-8396-000-/361517694781?hash=item542c223f3d:g:c~AAAOSwAuNW4aux"]these[/url] on my precisions as I think they are stunning, solid and create a lovely string tone. Cheap enough to bring in from America too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samfordia Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 I took your advice and bought a Gotoh bridge. Not unpackaged it yet as I'll be taking it to a luthiers to strip and re-finish. I'm not sure what was meant by the "super chunky bit" appearing "mostly hollow". Another [url="http://i.imgur.com/Sqb3urX.jpg"]body shot[/url]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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