This is a complete Callaham Narrow Vintage kit but has been "De-Shined" by us which goes really well with Road Worn, Closet Classic and medium aged guitars. The bridge plate, mounting screws, saddles and springs have been treated and is about half as shiny as a new plated unit.

This aging process is carried out buy us at Charles Guitars and is not the distressed finish from Callaham Guitars.

This is a complete tremolo unit that includes all hardware shown in the pictures. It will fit most guitars that have a vintage 6-screw bridge, but it uses the narrower 2-1/16" string spacing of the American Series guitars, which moves the two E strings away from the edges of the fretboard. If you have a guitar where the E strings are too close to the edge of the fretboard and get pulled off the edges too easily, then this bridge will fix that problem.

Bridge Plate:

Callaham use stainless steel screws for the intonation, saddle height, and top plate mounting screws. The 6 heat treated pivot screws are essential. The top plate is cold rolled carbon steel that is nickel plated.

The top plate on the Callaham bridge has an important detail that both original and current production Fender bridges have missed. The bevel on the bottom side of the plate which allows the bridge to pivot must not extend past the diameter of the pivot screw. Great care is taken in machining this angle as it allows the bridge to pivot along a single axis. 

Block:

All Callaham blocks are made of 1018 cold-rolled steel like the vintage originals, which contributes to the sustain and harmonic content that has made these guitars legendary. Replacing a block made of inferior materials (zinc, leaded steel, sintered steel) with one of Callaham's blocks will make a real improvement to your tone.

Enhanced Vintage Design:

The block is Callaham's Enhanced Vintage design, which utilizes a Delrin bushing in the arm hole, for the arm to bear against. This virtually eliminates broken arms.

Virtual Pop-In Arm:

While Callaham's arm is unthreaded where it bears against the Delrin bushing, it does have a few threads at the end. This allows you to push it in, then spin it once or twice to engage a couple of the threads. 

Specification:

• String Spacing: 2-1/16" (2.062" / 52.4mm)
• Screw Spacing: 2-7/32" (2.219" / 56.4mm)
• Enhanced Vintage block, w/ 10-32 Thread
• Shipped as standard with '64 Virtual Pop-In arm.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD OUR CALLAHAM BRIDGE COMPATABILITY DATA SHEET TO CHECK YOU HAVE THE CORRECT ITEM.

HERE IS A COPY FROM CALLAHAMS SITE OF THE STRATOCASTER BRIDGE COMPATABILITY SHEET

Please choose the tremolo arm from the list below.

Fits: Fender original 1954-1969; US Reissues; Highway 1 (through 2005); Custom Shop Time Machine Series; Jimmie Vaughan Strat; Eric Johnson Strat; Road Worn Strat; Japanese Reissues; Classic Series '50s/60s/70s