Baja Tele Bridge Headache
Hi Folks,
I love my Baja Tele. It's nicely put together and sounds great. But the vintage three barrel saddle style bridge is causing some intonation problems. No matter how accurately I tune it I'll always come across a chord voicing somewhere on the neck that sounds bad.
Is there anything I can do with the current hardware to fix this problem? If not, is there a retrofit bridge with six saddles that anyone would recommend? I think, if possible, I'd like to try and keep the saddles brass. Is there such a thing?
Thanks in advance.
Try Jerry Donahue's method here
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.
If that don't work for you, Wilkinson do a set of compensated brass saddles.
Less than a tenner HERE
Callaham make a good bridge too.
The conductor said I could get my bookbag and run around the hallway with it.
That looks pretty serious! Not sure I have the technical wherewithall for that one. Thanks for the link though.Originally Posted by Guitarmonkey
Nice one, thanks. That looks like it should be easy enough to implement. Have you any experience of them? Do they work?
Awesome, thanks for the link. Think the Wilkinson one looks very similar and a lot cheaper, so may go for that option. Thanks though.
Not personally, but these folk have and approve!
I've got a Baja and have some intonation wobbles, but I always thought that was part of the Tele 'sound'.
Yeah, I've heard people say it's part of the character of the instrument. It's just niggling me! Jeff Buckley played a 'top loader' Tele with six saddles, and played all these wonderful chord inversions up the neck without any weirdness. That's what I'm after. I play lots of arpeggios and high up picking parts that need to be as spot on as I can realistically get them.
Well, try the compensated saddles then. Axerus do them for £7.50 delivered. You'd be daft not to try at that price!
If you're still not happy, then get a new 6-saddle bridge.
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