Description
If your Tele wears a Bigsby B5 and still has the original shortened, three-wood-screw hardtail footprint, the Mastery Bridge M9.1 is the direct-fit upgrade you’ve been hunting for. It slots right into that vintage mounting pattern without any routing or drilling drama—just confirm your guitar actually has the three-screw layout before you order, since not every Tele-style bridge shares it.
The heart of this bridge is Mastery’s patented saddle design. Machined from hard chrome-plated brass, each saddle gives strings a genuinely smooth path across the top, eliminating the string-catching and tone-robbing friction that plagues cheaper stamped saddles. The result is cleaner intonation, better sustain, and strings that stay in tune because they’re not hanging up mid-bend.
Versatility is built in: the M9.1 offers string-through-body holes alongside its top-load capability, so you can dial in the exact feel and sustain character you’re after, whether that’s the snap of top-loading or the extra bite of string-through anchoring.
- Fits standard Tele 3 wood-screw, shortened hardtail vintage footprint (Bigsby B5 compatible)
- Patented hard chrome-plated brass saddles for smooth string glide, no pinching
- Includes three 18-8 stainless steel oval #6 mounting screws
- String-through-body holes included
- Chrome finish
Check your bridge footprint first, then drop this in for a noticeable jump in tuning stability and tone clarity.






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