DIY WORKSHOP T-STYLE BRIDGE UPGRADE

By the early 1980s, Japan’s top guitar manufacturers were doing a fine job of replicating vintage US instruments of the golden era. This T-style Tokai Breezysound is a case in point – if you can ignore its six-saddle bridge. The owner can’t, so we’re switching it with a Gotoh In-Tune bridge with three compensated brass saddles.

First I need to establish that everything is working. I don’t want to mount a relatively expensive aftermarket part on a guitar unless it’s going to play properly. Fortunately, things are in good shape, and I check the intonation so I can measure the