I have actually worked out a design for making a home made one of these. See attachment below. It uses two pieces of steel. One big enough for the base. The other one on the backside. This one would be drilled for the saddle screws. A gap would be left at the bottom to accommodate ball end of the strings. Two blocks of wood would be used to keep the saddles from moving. Now i don't have to! I've just purchased one three and one four string saddled bridges. Let ya'll know what I think about them when I get em.

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Here's a side by side photo of the difference. Yah I could do that or I could re drill the saddle intonation screw holes.
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If you re drilled the intonation saddle holes you could do it at an angle from the old. There is no groves on the base plate for the hight screws.

My Squire tail piece is that narrow as well. That is a major difference there.

Yah I should have waited to install the neck till I had this bridge. Lesson learned not to problem solving.

It's bummer that the bridge is to tall for you build Shawn. Really hope your able to find a solution soon. I've seen your build pics. Sweet guitar! 

All in all this is good info for those who want to use these bridges. Best to get then first. Then plan your build around them if needed. 

Thanks rat I will find a solution it's the best part of building and playing these critters.

Just wanted to add this. I needed a new bridge for a Fender bass I got at an auction. So I got a real Fender bridge for it. What a piece of, well, bad stuff. The three string bridge from CB Gitty is heavier than this bass bridge. I've actually thought about trying to bend this Fender bridge by bear hand. Honestly think I could. Then thought better of it. So what I did was replace the rusted saddle with one from this cheap thing. Perhaps use the Genuine Fender bridge on a three string bass build latter on.

So for those who want to know. Yes, these three and four string bridges are a good quality product. Apparently a lot better than the Genuine Fender bass bridge I just got.

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