Custom, Hand Made Jaguar,Mustang Bridge Instalation Guide By Mastery

Mastery Bridge lets your Fender® Jazzmaster®, Jaguar®, Mustang®, Bass VI®, Telecaster® with Bigsby® Vibrato & amp Jag-Stang guitar perform like you always wished it would.

The patent-pending Mastery Bridge is crafted and assembled in Minneapolis, MN, using the finest materials available. Every part of our bridge is made of the highest quality, non-corrosive materials to protect against any rust. For easy installation instructions, please check out our step-by-step installation guide here.

A Mastery Bridge saddle being hand-crafted on our lathe.
MOUNTING POSTS

Unlike the previous "rock post assembly" design, the mounting posts on the Mastery Bridge fit snug into the diameter of vintage and modern Fender®-style thimbles, ensuring your bridge will not change position during performance or between string changes.

A close up of a completed saddle.

Since the installation of the stock body thimbles can slightly vary from guitar-to-guitar, we've made our posts adjustable and removable via a vented 6-32 button head screw. The head screw contains a 1/16" hole (the "vent"), allowing internal access to the adjustable bass/treble height screws.
BASE

Our uniquely designed base is CNC laser-cut from a 304 solid stainless steel sheet and break-formed to the specified profile. We then tumble them in a coarse media to de-burr and break all the sharp edges, which is followed by a tumbling in a finer media that results in a clean, finished satin polish.


Our unique brass saddle being drilled out. The holes you see are where the intonation adjustment screws will connect to the stainless steel swivels.
SADDLES

Each saddle features two drop-in stainless swivels, permitting each of the four individual intonation adjustment screws to work independently for precise intonation. The deep saddle string grooves ensure that your strings will never "pop-out" during performance and are slightly fanned out, allowing you to intonate your guitar to nearly any common string gauge. The saddles even accommodate Bass VI® model guitars and can be used on left-handed guitars as easily as right-handed. This also eliminates annoying "buzzing" or rattle associated with previous designs.

The Mastery Bridge's four individual intonation adjustment screws work independently for precise intonation; allowing the string to pass from the saddle to the vibrato sans interference.
Hard Chrome Plated Saddles

Although much more expensive to manufacture than "decorative chrome" found on previous bridges, the Mastery Bridge saddle's hard chrome plating aids in lubricity while tuning or actuating the vibrato, ensuring years of consistent performance and accuracy.
HARDWARE

The springs are made from 302 solid stainless steel.