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    Default Another 6 string conversion Q... bridges?

    A friend of mine is giving me a Squier mini strat which I'm thinking of converting to a tenor in the cheapest and least destructive way.

    Ideally I'd like to simply switch the bridge for a bass one if some exist of a suitable width, but I don't know if any have convenient screw holes (either directly over the existing ones or far enough away from them so as not to interfere with).

    My other thought was whether I could swap out some of the middle saddles and replace with a couple of the offset bass ones like https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285047828724 or to get a reasonable string spacing.

    Or even if there was room to put a short trapeze tailpiece on https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140962681680 or https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314395988410 with some sort of acoustic or archtop bridge https://www.thomann.de/gb/grover_b_3...tar_bridge.htm.

    [Currently I've simply taken off the lowest 2 strings and retuned a normal electric to 5ths to see if I can learn to play anything first .]

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    Default Re: Another 6 string conversion Q... bridges?

    They make four string bridges for cigar box builds here is my conversion.
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    Default Re: Another 6 string conversion Q... bridges?

    There's also the option of using individual saddles.

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    Default Re: Another 6 string conversion Q... bridges?

    I'm missing something, or you're overthinking it. Just use the four inside saddles.

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