A thicker pressed-steel Telecaster bridge plate with compensated brass saddles and extra top-mounting screw holes to reduce microphonic squeal, a well regarded boutique alternative to Fender and Wilkinson Tele bridges.
8 guitars checked: 3 likely drop-in, 1 needs verification, 1 requires modification, 3 not compatible.
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Bridge type
6-Saddle Tele Bridge
ConfirmedString spacing
54mm
Confirmed8 guitars checked: 3 likely drop-in, 1 needs verification, 1 requires modification, 3 not compatible.
A boutique alternative to Wilkinson and Gotoh Tele bridges, uses the same mounting holes as the stock bridge.
A well regarded boutique Tele bridge plate using the same standard 3-hole mount as nearly every Tele bridge, including this one.
A boutique alternative to Wilkinson and Gotoh Tele bridges, uses the same mounting holes as the stock bridge.
A well regarded boutique Tele bridge plate using the same standard 3-hole mount as nearly every Tele bridge, including this one.
A boutique alternative to Wilkinson and Gotoh Tele bridges, uses the same mounting holes as the stock bridge.
A well regarded boutique Tele bridge plate using the same standard 3-hole mount as nearly every Tele bridge, including this one.
This guitar's bridge mount is a third pattern, not quite vintage and not quite the 3-screw American Standard layout. Whether this bridge lines up cleanly has not been confirmed, worth measuring first.
American Professional-tier Telecasters use their own 4-screw mounting pattern, distinct from both the true vintage 4-screw layout and the 3-screw American Standard/Ultra pattern. Real-world reports are mixed on whether this style of bridge aligns cleanly with this specific hole pattern.
Help confirm this fit
This bridge uses the traditional 4-screw mounting pattern. This guitar uses Fender's newer 3-screw pattern, so new holes would need to be drilled, not a straight swap.
This bridge is consistently listed as compatible across Player-tier and Squier CV Telecasters, indicating a 4-screw vintage-compatible mount. American Ultra Telecasters use the 3-screw American Standard/Deluxe/Elite/Ultra mounting pattern instead, a genuinely different, non-interchangeable screw layout confirmed by Fender's own parts documentation (their dedicated 3-screw 6-saddle bridge is sold as a separate, specifically-named "American Series" product). Fitting this bridge means drilling new holes.
Help confirm this fit
Fender
This guitar uses true vintage spacing and a 3-saddle bridge style, this modern 6-saddle standard-spacing bridge would not match.
True vintage-spec guitar at 56.4mm spacing, wider than this standard-spacing 54mm bridge, and uses the 3-saddle vintage bridge style rather than 6-saddle.
Fender
This guitar uses a narrower non-standard string spacing, this standard-spacing bridge would not match.
This guitar's bridge is a narrower 52mm spec, not standard 54mm, a confirmed hardware-family exception for this model. This standard-spacing bridge would not match.
This bridge is only made in a right-handed configuration. The bridge pickup sits at an angle inside the plate, so a right-handed one on a left-handed guitar would have that angle backwards. We could not find a left-handed version of this specific bridge.
This is a right-handed bridge plate. Telecaster bridge plates have the bridge pickup mounted at an angle for tonal reasons, so a right-handed plate on a left-handed body puts that angle backwards relative to the strings, not just a cosmetic mismatch. No left-handed version of this specific bridge was found across multiple retailer listings, unlike Wilkinson, which does offer a genuine left-handed version of its modern Tele bridge.
If you have fitted any of these to this Telecaster Bridge Plate, tell us what you found and we'll update the data.
