The increasingly popular "modern conversion bridge" for the Telecaster® - built in a similar style to the AM standard bridge that's been in use since 1988, and allows unrivaled access to the strings, as well as individual intonation control of each string thanks to 6 separate "modern" saddles.

Whilst this is best described as a modern bridge that will fit onto a vintage guitar, and sports those all important 4 mounting holes

This is a bit of an obscure one to be honest – it’s a bridge built to mount to a vintage Telecaster®, or guitars built in that style, but rather than incorporating the pickup mounting on the bridge plate, this is the cut down version, so it’s much shorter, allowing you to do whatever you fancy in the space infront of it.

All in all, its about 50mm shorter, so that’s plenty of room for a humbucker and its mounting ring, or a big old P90 if such a thing tickles your fancy!

That Classic look - the Ashtray style vintage bridge, with 3 brass saddles!

We offer out vintage bridges with a choice of saddles too, so if you're looking to recreate a 60s bridge with the multi-grooved saddles, or the 50s style with the completely smooth barrels, thats something we can supply with no problem at all.

That Classic look - the Ashtray style vintage bridge, with 3 brass saddles!

We offer out vintage bridges with a choice of saddles too, so if you're looking to recreate a 60s bridge with the multi-grooved saddles, or the 50s style with the completely smooth barrels, thats something we can supply with no problem at all.

Now these are a favourite in the office – they are, for all intents and purposes, completely smooth saddles, complete with those all-important slot head height screws, all full sized, absolutely no loss of mass, so no arguments against the tone – but the intonation screws have been drilled on a slant to match that compensation you’d get on the intonation correction saddles.

A great way to get better intonation on your Vintage Telecaster® without losing too much of the look.

A great way to get better intonation on your Vintage Telecaster® without losing too much of the look.

Multi-Groove saddles, in the style used in the 1960s, made from brass with slot head height adjustment screws.

The grand-daddy of all Saddles, and for most folks, unparalleled when it comes to tone when you’re talking Tele®! Full sized brass barrels, slot head height screws, just beautiful bits of kit.

Single Groove saddles, ideal for improving string stability at the bridge. Made from brass with Hex head height adjustment screws.

Ferrules are a fairly basic piece of hardware once you look into them; they are simply small metal “cups” which hold the ball end of the string in place as it is fed through the back of the guitar.

The advantages compared to a “string though top” setup are pretty wide ranging, but the main attraction is that they allow the strings movement to resonate more efficiently through the wood of the guitars body, giving a much more honest tone to the sound, really emphasising that classic Tele® snap and twang that has proven so popular in recent decades.

The Knarled Edge ferrules turn up fairly often on guitar made in the far east rather then in the USA (which seem to use the Smooth edged version with more regularity) - exactly the same principle but the knarlled edge have "teeth" around the barrel section to help them grip the body more efficiently.

These "bullet" ferrules are a slight departure from the original version of the 50s and 60s. They initially debuted as a companion part to a set of strings in the mid 70s and more commonly seen on hard tails.