Seven string Strats and Teles update

Drew · 06-20-2007, 02:23 PM

Are they working on compatability with existing bridges, or with creating their own? The later might be a nice option, but the former is I think the better way to go - at the very least, a OFR7 route and a Hipshot 2-point 7 trem route would be good ideas, I'd think.

scott from _actual time_ · 06-20-2007, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by technomancer

if they're going to do a seven string traditional-style tele bridge this would be much more worth while

i don't think USACG makes their own hardware, so i don't think that's going to happen.

i've been assembling parts to build my own 7-string Tele for a while. that Mann hardware builder in New Hampshire never bothered to e-mail me back, and he made the only production 7-string Tele bridge i've ever seen.

i'd already done a lot of research on materials (there's a neat page on Tele bridges written by a company called Callahan), and i'm going to scratch-build my own bridge. 70s-style single-string saddles from All-Parts, and a thin cold-rolled sheet steel baseplate. if it comes out well, i'll find a motorcycle shop and have them chrome it.

(i had to buy 12 of those All-Parts 70s Tele saddles. if anyone wants to buy one of the 5 singles i have left over, PM me sometime.)

ohio_eric · 06-20-2007, 08:46 PM

They'll be using existing hardware. USACG doesn't make any hardware so they have to work around what is available.

technomancer · 06-20-2007, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scott from _actual time_

i've been assembling parts to build my own 7-string Tele for a while. that Mann hardware builder in New Hampshire never bothered to e-mail me back, and he made the only production 7-string Tele bridge i've ever seen.

Yeah I had the same thing happen to me with them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ohio_eric

They'll be using existing hardware. USACG doesn't make any hardware so they have to work around what is available.

That's a bummer unless they dug up supplier for tele bridges as no bridge means no interest from me, as I've already got the strat base covered.

Dastein · 06-21-2007, 02:12 PM

Gotoh 7, Hipshot 7 flatmount, Hipshot 7 trem...so far

Working on T style bridge as well... What's the point of a T without the proper bridge right?

The focus of this project is to remain as true to the original flavor and vibe as possible.

guitar08man · 06-21-2007, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dastein

Gotoh 7, Hipshot 7 flatmount, Hipshot 7 trem...so far

Working on T style bridge as well... What's the point of a T without the proper bridge right?

The focus of this project is to remain as true to the original flavor and vibe as possible.

hell yeah!

playstopause · 06-21-2007, 02:23 PM

Looks like we now have info from the source!

Dastein · 06-21-2007, 02:40 PM

Ohio Eric is still running this show but I will interject from time to time to confirm some details as they become available.

ohio_eric · 06-21-2007, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dastein

Ohio Eric is still running this show but I will interject from time to time to confirm some details as they become available.

I'm in charge??? Does that mean I get free guitars?

xwmucradiox · 06-21-2007, 07:52 PM

I dont see a serious need for a tele bridge unless you want it for the look. Many high end tele copies such as andersons use a hardtail strat bridge instead.

06-20-2007, 02:23 PM	#11
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06-20-2007, 08:46 PM	#13
ohio_eric He loves you Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,398 Main Seven: Schecter Jeff Loomis Sig Rig: Boss GT-8 Thanked: 180	They'll be using existing hardware. USACG doesn't make any hardware so they have to work around what is available. The only proof he needed for the existance of God was music. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche

06-21-2007, 02:23 PM	#17
playstopause President / RHLC © Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Posts: 12,022 Real Name: J-F / "Frenchy" Main Seven: Ibanez S7420FMTW Main ERG: 82-strings hockey stick Rig: Bloody~Rebel~GSharp Thanked: 50	Looks like we now have info from the source! Become one of us or die, fuckers. / Rick - RHLC V-P. RIP Garcia3441

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xwmucradiox sweep.tap.sweep Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 782 Real Name: Dave Main Seven: ESP SRC 7 Rig: Uberschall Thanked: 7	I dont see a serious need for a tele bridge unless you want it for the look. Many high end tele copies such as andersons use a hardtail strat bridge instead. All your shred are belong to us. www.myspace.com/liludallas

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Dastein I like rice... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: PAC NW Posts: 4 Main Seven: N/A Rig: Bogner Uberschall Thanked: 0	Gotoh 7, Hipshot 7 flatmount, Hipshot 7 trem...so far Working on T style bridge as well... What's the point of a T without the proper bridge right? The focus of this project is to remain as true to the original flavor and vibe as possible.

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Dastein I like rice... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: PAC NW Posts: 4 Main Seven: N/A Rig: Bogner Uberschall Thanked: 0	Ohio Eric is still running this show but I will interject from time to time to confirm some details as they become available.


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