Some of you may recall that I did a rescue back in September on a gold colored Detonator body and neck that had been parted out on eBay. The bridge I used in that rescue was from a white Detonator that I bought 20+ years ago that was not all original. So, that left me another incomplete, not-all-original Detonator to restore.
It being above 100 degrees these days, a guitar restoration was a nice indoor project to choose.
I had searched for a trem bridge that would look close to the original Mueller made bridges put on the Detonators and found the Gotoh EV510T-FE in black that looks pretty close. Below will be photos of the original bridge and the Gotoh.
This white guitar had also come to me 20+ years ago without all its original pickups. So, at the time, I had spoken to Bill Lawrence when I called his shop and he suggested the L500-C humbucker to go with single coils in an S-S-H configuration. It was sort of his version of a PAF (The "C" stood for "clean") It measures about 7.65ohms. When I did the rescue on the gold Detonator in September, I was so impressed by the Bartolini single coils I installed in it, that I bought another pair for this white guitar.
Below is the original Mueller trem bridge from the white guitar (s/n 59) to rescue the gold guitar (s/n 133). You may notice that Guild had not yet had Mueller stamp the Guild name on the bridge. You may also notice that 20+ years ago I ground the left rear corner of the low E saddle so that I could back it up far enough to get a better intonation adjustment on the low E.
And here is the Gotoh I found that looks fairly close in design to the Mueller. I don't think the low E saddle will need grinding, but I will get around to removing the saddle to cut the spring in half so I can back it up just a touch farther. Although the Gotoh bridge lacks roller saddles, one cool design feature is the angled "tunnels" leading up through the base of the bridge so that the string approaches its contact point with the saddle without first bending at a sharp angle as it passes up through the base of the bridge. You'll see on the Mueller bridge where I use the old trick of using short lengths of tubing to cushion the sharp bend in the string where it makes contact before the saddle contact point.
A fun 100+ degree day indoor project.
It being above 100 degrees these days, a guitar restoration was a nice indoor project to choose.
I had searched for a trem bridge that would look close to the original Mueller made bridges put on the Detonators and found the Gotoh EV510T-FE in black that looks pretty close. Below will be photos of the original bridge and the Gotoh.
This white guitar had also come to me 20+ years ago without all its original pickups. So, at the time, I had spoken to Bill Lawrence when I called his shop and he suggested the L500-C humbucker to go with single coils in an S-S-H configuration. It was sort of his version of a PAF (The "C" stood for "clean") It measures about 7.65ohms. When I did the rescue on the gold Detonator in September, I was so impressed by the Bartolini single coils I installed in it, that I bought another pair for this white guitar.
Below is the original Mueller trem bridge from the white guitar (s/n 59) to rescue the gold guitar (s/n 133). You may notice that Guild had not yet had Mueller stamp the Guild name on the bridge. You may also notice that 20+ years ago I ground the left rear corner of the low E saddle so that I could back it up far enough to get a better intonation adjustment on the low E.
And here is the Gotoh I found that looks fairly close in design to the Mueller. I don't think the low E saddle will need grinding, but I will get around to removing the saddle to cut the spring in half so I can back it up just a touch farther. Although the Gotoh bridge lacks roller saddles, one cool design feature is the angled "tunnels" leading up through the base of the bridge so that the string approaches its contact point with the saddle without first bending at a sharp angle as it passes up through the base of the bridge. You'll see on the Mueller bridge where I use the old trick of using short lengths of tubing to cushion the sharp bend in the string where it makes contact before the saddle contact point.
A fun 100+ degree day indoor project.
