WTD: Chushin Gakki fixed bridge

Flanging_Fred

ok, bit of a long shot this one.

I’m after a fixed bridge that was found on a variety of early 80s Japanese guitars such as the Washburn Wing series, Bambu, El. Maya and probably a loads of others.  They have brass saddles with nickel(?) baseplate/surround.  Apparently they have the factory name “Chushin” stamped on the under side of the bridge but Ihavent seen one personally to confirm this.

They look like the one below.






Any help tracking one down would be much appreciated.

stonevibe

I had one on my old Washburn Falcon, it was pretty substantial!

Flanging_Fred

stonevibe said:

I had one on my old Washburn Falcon, it was pretty substantial!

Yep, it looks pretty chunky.  Did it produce a bright tone with those brass saddles on the Washburn?

stonevibe

Not particularly, though it was loaded with DiMarzio pickups from he same era.

Flanging_Fred

Bump

Flanging_Fred

Bump for another year, just in case.

Desorden

stonevibe said:

I had one on my old Washburn Falcon, it was pretty substantial!

Hi, 

The one in the Falcon is slightly different to the one on the first picture of the post. In the wing series, the Eagle and the Falcon have tailpieces with brass saddles that can be locked from the sides, the hawk has not the two locking screws and the measures are slightly different. I know because I was looking for a replacement for my falcon and found one for the hawk:
It is still there: https://www.ebay.com/itm/202980916376?ul_noapp=true