Hi Everbody,
Darwin raises some issues in his post above. I have not run into any of the problems that Darwin mentions in his post. But I have run into other issues, and I am going to address those issues.
1) It turns out that Fender make 2 (two) different Tele bodies. Bet you did not know that. As a result, Vibramate makes 2 different mounting plates for the Tele.
The first one below is the vintage bridge size, that uses the 4 screw vintage Tele bridge. Using the mounting screws as the center line, the vintage Tele is 5.4" from the center line to the end of the guitar. Drawings are at the bottom of the pages.
http://www.vibramate.com/vibramate-v5tev2-install.phpThe American Standard Tele body is 5.125" from the center line to the end of the guitar.
http://www.vibramate.com/vibramate-v5teas1-install.php2) The mounting plate/bridge combo for the vintage bridge has 4 mounting holes, the bridge for the American Standard has 3 mounting holes. Naturally.
3) The ASAT Classic uses the vintage bridge mounting holes. And..... The body is 5.125" from the center line to the end of the body, which is the body length for the American Standard bridge. Naturally.
4) The vintage bridge from Vibramate is a 2 piece affair, and is too long for the ASAT. Unless you use a spacer, as I did.
5) The American Standard bridge from Vibramate is a 1 piece affair. So in order to use it, you would have to fill the 4 holes already there, and drill 3 new holes. Which is not what I want to do.
6) Vibramate does offer a mounting plate for Teles with dual humbuckers.
http://www.gretschstore.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=121The challenge is that there are no drawings connected to it, so I can't tell which body/bridge style it goes to. Because Vibramate show's the bridge as being a 4 screw vintage style bridge, implying the longer body length. But.... The Fender web site shows the dual 'bucker Teles with the American Standard bridge, 3 screws. Naturally.
6b) Their pics show the 'bucker mounting plate as shorter than the mounting plate for the vintage bridge, but longer than the mounting plate for the American Standard bridge. So I have no idea.
7) Fender shows the Carbonita as a "vintage Telecaster", even though is has the 3 screw American Standard style bridge. Same with the 2 Thinlines. Naturally.
I will take another run at the folks from Vibramate & see if I can get this figured out. But I am not holding my breath.
Later,
edg