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Hey mate, thansk so much! D'Angelico make such cool guitars, I've always loved how they looked but never played one! So Sven started a run of custom order, hand made versions of the bridge for offsets and was selling them on Reverb. He wanted to gauge how many people were interested enough to buy one before doing a production run. The problem was that because they were custom made, they were a fair bit more expensive and he didn't sell too many. After getting some feedback from people struggling to cut good string slots he decided to shelve the offset version of the bridge. Last time I spoke to him, he still had one 9.5" and one 7.25" offset bridge left. I can see why it's not for everyone but I thought it was a cool bridge 😊😊

@@Lalairu Awesome! CV Mustangs are great guitars ☺️ I definitely recommend the Korean one as the best option that you can buy new - it's much better than the Japanese or Chinese versions. It works best in a non-floating configuration (i.e., lowering the pitch only) but it has very good tuning stability in that configuration. I'd say it's the best vibrato for tuning stability. I personally prefer the vintage one. It's not necessarily better for tuning stability, but the feel is much nicer and it improves the tone by about 5% - 10% over the Korean one. You can get them for about £80 ($100) + tax & shipping if you keep an eye out on eBay, so a vintage one works out about 3x the price of the Korean one! Really, it comes down to your budget and priorities. I'd say most people would probably just be happy with the Korean one, but if the extra feel and tone improvements of the vintage one are important to you it's worth it! Thank you mate! I got the metal octopus pickguard halfway through filming the video. It's from Indra Guitars. The other pickguard was made by me out of wallpaper!

Sure! I got mine from Northwest Guitars in the UK: northwestguitars.co.uk/products/mustang-style-guitar-bridge?srsltid=AfmBOoqr8AzLHAoxAnfW3kEorpgIF07wUhdxPmszKFogY2bHfH08Ykjq#shopify-product-reviews You can also find it here: theguitarparts.com/mustang-style-tremolo/

Thanks Bruno! I think that's the Plexi style channel on my AMP1 Mercury with the Raygun FX Aurora v2 delay in the front end. The Curley Oak Jaguar pickup and the AMP1 sound great together 😊

@@MarkB.Guitar thanks ! I’ll look into it !

@@brunobeccaro8653 Let me know if you have any other questions!

@@MarkB.Guitar I’m good thanks ! For the record I bought a set of northern pickups after watching your videos ! Great stuff

Ah nice one, that's sick mate! I hope you're really enjoying them ☺️ I have the Northern Mustang pickup in the neck position of this guitar still and it sounds absolutely amazing 👌🏻

@@phillramirez8323 Ha yeah I don't know for certain but I wouldn't be surprised if Squier use the made in China version... Honestly, the Made in Korea unit is really good for tuning stability (for lowering the pitch at least) and it's pretty cheap too! I can definitely recommend as an upgrade for a Squier 😊

@@MarkB.Guitar 100% agree with you Mark ill definitely check it out you keep rocking man 😎🎸( I was thinking about getting that vintage white squire mustang looks very sweet)

@@phillramirez8323 Oh sweet! Yeah I've played a Classic Vibe Mustang and I was really impressed with it, it felt and played really nice. They do look good too - the one I played was sonic blue and it looked great!

@@yoshieggs-cw8um Haha thanks! The Mustang is the least sexy offset but it's still a very fun guitar 😊 Glad you enjoy the deep dive format - thanks for the feedback ☺️

@@LeMonsieurPoulet Ha thanks mate, yeah that's a killer fuzz pedal! I've been meaning to make a video dedicated to it... Definitely works well with this pickup set 👌🏻

@@vinniesworld459 Hey mate, thanks! ☺️ The biggest headache is planning it all, the actual execution isn't too difficult. It just took a lot of head scratching and throwing as I didn't have a guide to follow and I struggle with numbers and calculations, haha. I'm hoping to make maybe 3 videos on the key parts of the build process - once those are out the way it's the same as any other parts build! 😊

Haha thank you!

Thanks man! Yeah the headstock caps by Indra Guitars are amazing. I've ordered another one for my Mustang with a matching pickguard! That sounds like a very cool build, I hope you manage to get everything together for it. I'd love to see it when it's done 😊 For sure, small builders usually offer really great value and a really high quality product. I always enjoy finding and supporting lesser known brands.

Depends how much fuzz you use 😉 You are right, but I don't ever play classic rock or blues or any type of music that would require significant sustain without huge amounts of fuzz or gain. I never have quantified whether the tremolo would affect sustain at all either 😊

Send me a link! 😊 This body was less than £150, I couldn't find any decent Jag bodies available in the UK for that price. Cheapest solid Jag bodies I found were £180 for basic Fender colours. The only semi hollow Jag bodies I could find in the UK were about £500! I would love to know more options.

@@MarkB.Guitar I forget the name off the top of my head but there is a company that’s prominently posted on the offset Facebook groups that makes custom bodies but technically I was more so referring to you could get the hollow jag body then have it painted by a company such as MJT or copacetic customs for example but I imagine your body was cheaper and faster than either of those options. Nothing wrong with your body you just said it like there was no other options, it turned out great

@@隠れた Ah yeah some people make really beautiful bodies. I love Copacetic, Regent Guitars in the UK finish bodies really nicely too, GuitarForm make amazing custom offset bodies. Custom bodies like that are real works of art 😊 The HZ Guitars bodies aren't works of art in the same way but they're probably about 1/5 of the price. The stuff Copacetic makes seems really special though 😊

You might be right! Sounds like a very cool build, I'd love to see it 😊

I see what you're saying, but in person I actually quite like the way it looks with the bit of paisley bust sticking out 😊 A custom guard would probably cover it up 🤔

That's a good question! Mostly because these there weren't any affordable Jaguar bodies I could find at the time. This body was under $200, whereas I would've had to pay double for a Jag body and it would've come in a more boring colour! Also I thought it would be a fun project 😊

😂 hahaha. Ah man, I love a good '68 style maple board B+B Jaguar!

@@MarkB.Guitar I feel that. I have a full step down Mexican with 12s, a 97 MIJ Candy Apple Jag half step with 11s and I just got a Troy Van Jazz for 11 OTD with 10s half step. The Mexicans has a nice feel but the picks are over accentuated on the mid/treble. The jaguar sounds better but is more temperamental. The Troy is my favorite of 3 because I get the 60s style pickups of the Jaguar with the longer/scale tension that handles neck and trem bending better. The saddle is also a nice bonus acoustically

Nice collection! I haven't tried the TVL Jazzmaster but people seem to really like it. I'm especially jealous of your candy apple red MIJ Jag though 😊

Thanks man! They're not as cheap as you might expect something to be that you order directly from China... But they are very nice!

Hope you love the bridge! They're from EY Guitars 😊

@@pedroorthey Thanks man 😊 I'm really looking forward to making the pickup demo and seeing how close the pickups are to the Jazzmaster-Jaguar hybrid I was going for!

@@MarkB.Guitar I think they get the best out of those two combined, bright but not too harsh, still twangy enough, I'll be waiting for the demo!

I'm not sure if they *quite* have the same low range extension of a Jazzmaster pickup but we'll see!

@@capnjames Thank you mate!

That's one of the funny things about online forums, they become like echo chambers without people necessarily trying things 🤷🏼‍♂️ I'm really glad I did!

@@Greenjagsurf 24 inches! I redrilled the bridge posts at 24 6/16 so that the control plates would fit and the pickguard would line up properly with the lower horn/bout, and then used a bridge with a wide intonation range to be able to get the saddles in the right place for spot on intonation 😊

@@Greenjagsurf I dreamt of having a Jaguar from 2008, but it took me until 2021 to actually get one! Jags definitely have a wide range of cool sounds available. Is that your Jag in your display pic?

@@mikeybeazley3 Thanks Mikey! 💪🏼

@@chuckbouscaren3898 See you there! ☺️

Ah man, yeah it must be pretty crappy to play left-handed sometimes 😕 I'm left handed too, but the £5 guitar my dad bought for me to learn on was right handed, so that's how I learned! My GAS is very thankful for it, but my picking hand precision not so much... I'd say the most important thing is obviously working out the best placement for the bridge posts and a bridge that will give you enough intonation range - a normal bridge won't work if you want your pickguard to line up nicely on the body. I documented every step of the process - I'll start working out how to format it into a watchable series 😊

Cheers mate! I'll have to look through all the video and photos I took and work out a structured, digestible way to present it - but I'm very happy to do it 😊 I'll start thinking how I might do it - I documented every step!

I would also enjoy that. Your efforts are appreciated.

@@steveg3262 Awesome, that's sweet mate! I nearly went Staytrem for this guitar but I'm happy with the High Spirit. I'm jealous of your Jag collection 😉

@liamtahaney713 Hi mate, since I published this video a year ago, the price of the bridge has increased by about £50. It was £125 when I bought it but it's now £175. It's a shame the price has gone up but it's inevitable, I guess... In the UK a Mastery is £225 delivered, the cheapest Halon option is £180 delivered, and the KMS is £175 delivered - so the KMS is still 25% less than a Mastery and £5 cheaper than an all-steel Halon. But you're right, the bridge was very good value for £125, but there's a lot of competition around the £200 price point...

@@Jacobus-or6vf Sick, that's great mate! I know the model you're talking about but never tried one. I'm sure it sounds great! 😊

@@Andrew_L_Brood Hey Andrew, that's cool, I never would've thought of doing that! I ended up getting another CP trem and did the "spring and shot" mod on that one, which is very easy and works really well! I've got a trem shootout video comparing the CP, MIJ, and AVRI and the details of the mod I did are in there! I'm glad you found your own way round it too! 😊

@@dunsaniandreams9 Hi mate, at this time the pickups were a matched set of Vintage Wind Alnico 3 Mustang/Duo Sonic pickups by Northern Pickups. I've since swapped the bridge pickup for an Alnico 5 Jaguar pickup!

@@MarkB.Guitar interesting you went with the alnico jaguar pickups, is it cause they have that wrap around baseplate? How do they handle pedals? Noisey with gain? (This is all so helpful as I’m trying to make a super Mustang right now) .

I missed this comment yesterday! Originally, I went for the Alnico 3 Mustang/Duo Sonic Set because I wanted to try a vintage style Mustang set. I generally prefer the clarity and dynamic range you get with lower output pickups (I have plenty of fuzz, boost and overdrive pedals to get higher gain sounds, so don't need my pickups to be really gainy). I swapped to the Jaguar pickup because, as I explain in the base plate video, the Mustang pickup was just lacking in midrange and output (even with the pedals) and the low end was loose and flubby - just not my sound! I love the sound of my Jaguars, so thought it made sense to get another Jaguar pickup to put in there. The base plate did make the Mustang pickup a lot more like a Jaguar but I eventually found that it still wasn't quite was I was looking for and I just didn't enjoy the sound/feel as much as my Jaguars. Someone has asked me to make a video demoing the Mustang properly, so I'll try and get that together in the next couple of months and I'll explain it all in detail in there!

@@MarkB.Guitar please! You’re literally the best video creative for offsets that I’ve found. I honestly just want to supercharge my Mustang, but I trying to learn all I can before buying things. I honestly just want the power of a hss strat in a mustang compact size, looking personally to make it resonant. Also, was looking into the bare knuckle pickups, sinners for it and then do your baseplate hack. A video on your mustang journey with bridges and pickups and what you learned would go down so well!

@@dunsaniandreams9 Ah thanks man! I'll try to get a video together on the Mustang journey soon! 😊

The Trent vibrato is great, I have that on the Paisley Jag - I'll have a review coming in due course. The bridge looks cool too! I have a Jag that has a DIY Bobba Bridge on it at the moment - I've been toying with the idea of getting a Trent bridge for it... I don't have any money right now though, haha. It seems like a good option though

Sick, that's awesome mate! I haven't had a chance to play one yet but congrats on the new guitar!

The Tuffset bridge does look cool and people who have tried it seem to really like it. I'm personally not super keen on the aesthetic and I'm not sure how important it is for me to have every single component on the bridge locking... I'd be really interested to try one but I'm also not sure I'd ever want to spend that much on a bridge: the most I've spent is £130 for the Bensonite bridge, then £125 for the KMS JAM Bridge, then £110 for the High Spirit bridge. They're all great, so it's hard to justify spending £100 more, and sadly the channel isn't big enough to get sent one to demo 😂 You'll have to let me know how you find it if you do get one!

Hey mate, I believe you can buy them through the High Spirit webstore. I'll paste a link below and update the description on the main video with the link too 😊 For international orders, I messaged Connor via the High Spirit Guitars Instagram page and he sent me an invoice via PayPal! high-spirit-guitars.square.site/product/high-spirit-bridge-52mm-spacing/1?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false

@@MarkB.Guitar Legend! I kept finding a High Sprit site that was under construction, which seemed odd. This is perfect!

@@krystalmesh No worries! I hope you really dig the bridge, it's great!

@@MarkB.Guitar could I ask - since it isn’t specifically mentioned in their listing - do you think this bridge could be used on a lefty? I can’t tell from the images if the saddles could be moved around in order to get the correct intonation, in the opposite direction.

@@krystalmesh hey mate, yeah the saddles are totally removable and you can flip/reorder them. I've taken all the saddles off mine and put them back on again. You should be absolutely fine! 😊

It's awesome, isn't it?! It's the handiwork of Indra Guitars- they're worth checking out, they make really cool stuff!

In this video I would have been using Elixir Nanoweb 12-68. These days I custom order sets of Elixir Optiweb 11-56. I'm one of those horrible sweat monsters that can't play anything but Elixirs...

Haha, thanks mate! I've seen at least one of my videos described as "offensively long" on the Offset Guitars Forum 😂 I know there's kindred spirits like yourself out there though haha. Yeah the Staytrem is pretty hard to fault, especially at under £75. The 3 - 4 month waiting list is absolute torture though 😂😂

@@MarkB.Guitar Na fuck em. They can just not watch it... If people didn't fuss around this much with stuff these bridges would never have been made in the first place. Luckily I haven't experience the waiting lists of staytrem haha

Haha cheers dude ❤️ It's pure agony but given the price it's hard to complain!

Thank you mate 😊 I'm fascinated by how things work and have always been interested in finding lesser known guitar upgrades, especially when they offer better value for money than the big names! Hopefully I can bring you some more obscure offset guitar parts soon 😉

Thanks man 😊 I planned and scripted this video a lot more carefully than any of the videos I've made in the past. Thanks for noticing!

@@scottbecker3485 Sure, of course! In all the clean sounds I'm using a Joyo Avallon Compressor, which is an 1176 style compressor. That adds some fatness and chime to the sound. Then I'm running into the Clean channel of the Bluguitar AMP1 Mercury, using the Black Panel Bassman voicing on the channel's custom tone control. I'm using a 2x12 cab with DV Neo Green speakers, which are a high powered neodymium take on Celestion Alnico Blues. So I'm not necessarily a million miles from a Tone Master... The Neo Green speakers are amazing though, really fat and chimey! The pickups in the Sparkle Jag are Alnico 2 jaguar pickups from Northern Pickups. The pickups in the Paisley Jag are a really cool custom set of mini humbuckers from Northern Pickups. Yeah the pickups in the Player II sounds pretty good to me! 😊

Haha, thanks mate! The Paisley Jag is a parts guitar I built. I documented the whole building process and I'm considering turning it into a mini series of videos for the channel if people are interested... It's a semi-hollow Alder Jazzmaster body with a Mahogany top that I converted to 24" scale and Jaguar spec. It's got a Wild Carpathian Pear wood neck made in a small custom shop in Ukraine, with an amazing set of custom mini humbuckers by Northern Pickups. I've got a lot of the build process documented on my Instagram, too! It's a very special guitar 😄

@@MarkB.Guitar That Jag is so rock n' roll. A thing of beauty. I always enjoy your content man! Comprehensive reviews for sure.

Thanks man! It'll feature more on the channel in the future for sure 😊

Did you ever do a video on the Halon bridges?

@@dunsaniandreams9 I haven't yet tried a Halon! I would love to try one, especially their limited bronze aluminuim bridge. Maybe one day!

Hey mate, I actually compare the design of the JAM Bridge and the High Spirit bridge in the video! I still love my JAM Bridge but for me this bridge is even better - or at least even more suited to my uses and style 😊

@@MarkB.GuitarYes, I also really appreciated your take on the JAM Bridge in the video. The entire video is exceedingly helpful, and your style of delivery is very enjoyable. That all said, I‘m now really stoked on trying this bridge in my 2nd Jazzmaster, which is a brand-new Fender Player II (MiM). Don‘t have a clue what the bore size is on that one, but on my MiJ I needed the 9mm inserts from KMS to accommodate the JAM Bridge. Totally happy I didn‘t have to modify the bore for the MiJ, and would prefer not to have to do that for the new MiM, either, so will need to figure out the bore size before potentially ordering a High Spirit. Incidentally, the KMS JAM Bridge is fixed, whereas the High Spirit - as you kindly pointed out - is somewhat moveable, so that‘s another point in favor of the HS. And jeez, I now feel a bit silly having invested €230 to get the JAM Bridge, when the HS would probably have done the job equally well (or better?). Fine times we live in when we have choices. ;-)

@@scottbecker3485 Ah thanks so much mate! I was wondering about maybe making a "12 Months On" video for the KMS bridge, as I wasn't sure if I was rambling a bit in the original video - I'm glad you found it helpful though and I really appreciate the feedback ☺️ I'm afraid I'm not sure what the bore size for the Player II Jazzmaster would be either - they seem to use a mix of metric and imperial sized parts for MIM guitars... But congrats on the new guitar! I wonder if Fender customer services would be able to help out with the dimensions? The KMS is an excellent bridge, there's nothing to feel bad about for having bought it! Plus it has the feature of locking bridge posts that the HS doesn't 🤷🏼‍♂️ I'd say the KMS has a bigger, fatter sound than the HS probably too, if that's what you're after; whereas the HS is smoother and more chimey. Both excellent options 😊

@@cendle1979 Hey Cendle, awesome that's amazing! Great work 😊 I'm really glad the video was helpful. Enjoy your new bridge!

@@armandosinger Haha yeah I really went down a rabbit hole with this one 😂 The Descendant stuff looks great, I'm really impressed with the design of their Vibrato and the Companion Bridge - I'm sure that would make sure a great upgrade! You make a very good point about how these rabbit holes pull us away from actually playing - something I suffer from often. I also enjoy problem solving and modding too though 😊 Good luck with your upgrades, I'm sure that'll be a fantastic guitar when you're done!

@@MarkB.Guitar I’m an engineer so I love tinkering too. My problem is that I stack up too many projects. DIY guitar pedals, setups, fret leveling, etc. If it’s too much, I just feel like an unpaid guitar tech 😅

@@armandosinger Ha, evidently, I am not an engineer 😉 But I do aspire to having better tools and better skills! It can be overwhelming for sure - I always need a reminder to focus on practicing and playing and not just tinkering and GAS 😄

@@MarkB.Guitar but you are an engineer. Doing all the things an engineer would do. Finding a problem, analyzing it, experimenting and iterating until you have a solution. And documenting and sharing to boot!

@@armandosinger Haha thanks mate, that's very kind! I knew I would find some like-minded people interested in this kind of thing too 😄

@@mehabox Yeah I think I was unfortunate with how squeaky mine is! I'm sure the hammer trick works very well, but it only costs about £5 more to get the Staytrem arm/collet in the UK Vs buying the AVRI arm and AVRI arm tip separately 😊 The AVRI is great and although I concluded in the video that the Classic Player is better, I have now had some longevity issues with the Classic Player but I haven't had any further issues with the AVRI .

@@Tonetwisters Thanks mate! I love that guitar so much 😊 That's a totally valid point of view - in this video I was using 12-68 gauge strings, which I don't think would sit very nicely in the small grooves of the original barrel saddles. I have to confess, I've never used a vintage style barrel saddle bridge. This bridge is very comfortable and adds a very nice tone though 😊