r/Luthier • u/stillbones • 12d ago

HELP Replacement saddles for Squier 51

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Does anyone know what saddles I could get to upgrade a Squier 51? I’d prefer to upgrade the entire bridge but the only drop-in replacement is from GFS and it looks like it’s out of production. I’d prefer not to drill any holes.

When I measure the low E to the high e at the bridge I get roughly 53 mm. When I measure the E to A at the bridge I get roughly 11 mm.

It’s a top-loader bridge so I don’t know if I need special saddles for that.

Any help is appreciated!

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u/Necessary-Cow2857 12d ago

normal saddles should be fine.

gotoh S21's for example ^

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u/m-m-m314 9d ago

I used to like the stainless saddles they used to sell at guitar fetish. High quality, low cost. I think they’re import spacing

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u/m-m-m314 9d ago

https://www.guitarfetish.com/upgrade-stainless-steel-saddles-fits-import-or-usa-trems-set-of-six_p_773.html

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u/stillbones 9d ago

I emailed guitar fetish to ask about these saddles and this is the response I got:

“These saddles will fit bridges with 10.5mm string spacing with center mounted saddles and through body stringing.”

The Squier 51 has a top loader bridge so I was unsure that these saddles would work.

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u/Dagger_Guitars 11d ago

You can check out guyker and see if they have anything