Mission Acomplished!
I had ALOT of problems getting this thing to return to pitch.
1) because I had the trem hole 2 or 3 mm too far right of the bridge.
2) because I did not make the route the full 1 3/8 in. depth
3) because the Tusq saddles had ALOT of space between them, and combined with the offcenter trem they would slide around when bending.
Took me about a week to get around to deal with these issues but I'm satisfied for the most part.
There where big gaps between the Saddles, which I imagine would have been fine, if I had placed the Trem in the right location.
I got one of those roller string trees from StewMac to make myself feel better, I think is looks cool plus it adds to the hole black and silver theme.
The original saddles on the Mustang bridge where too wide, the Graphtech String savers where too narrow. Time to put those hands together. This is a mixed bag so I solved the problem with a mix of saddles. It works and the string spacing is just right a healthy 52mm E to E and no sliding around.
Welcome to the family. My favorite axe so far.
That took a lot longer than I thought it would. But I learned quite a bit along the way. I might shield the cavity at some point and maybe look into some of these GFS Jazzmaster pups too. Got my bridge cover coming in the mail this Saturday. Thanks to everyone who gave me helpful suggestions. Until then, on to the next project!
