Sustain Block question

Sugartune

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Has anyone ever used a sustain block on a hard tail Tele before? 
 

Looking at the saddles it appears that  there’d be a downward travel towards the neck. Further exaggerated when radius is considered. 
 

Is that a big deal or something to avoid altogether?

 
I think the height of the sustain block is going to be a problem.  You might have to tilt the Tele neck with shims for it to work. 

 
I think I read somewhere that the original bridges on the first Sunbursts were Strat hardtail bridges with the shim underneath, or at least modeled after the Strat hardtail bridge. A Sustain Block would be great on a Tele set up for slide but maybe bad for anything else. Tilting the neck also means raising the pickups pretty far to be in the proper location.

You could route the body so the Block sits down into it about 1/8".....

Sugartune said:
Is that a big deal or something to avoid altogether?
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....or get a regular Strat hardtail bridge and make life easier.

 
I've been meaning to post this but wanted to do a hole comparison with a tele bridge. Still haven't done that but here's some pics of the bridge off of, I think, 7 0124.

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hamerhead said:
I think I read somewhere that the original bridges on the first Sunbursts were Strat hardtail bridges with the shim underneath, or at least modeled after the Strat hardtail bridge. A Sustain Block would be great on a Tele set up for slide but maybe bad for anything else. Tilting the neck also means raising the pickups pretty far to be in the proper location.

You could route the body so the Block sits down into it about 1/8".....

....or get a regular Strat hardtail bridge and make life easier.
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There's a Callaham Strat hardtail bridge on there already and it works great. Was just trying to determine if I had any real use for the sustainblock I bought last year when John Mann did that run initially. Turns out I don't. lol.  Thank you for the info and suggestions :) Much appreciated. 

 
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