I’m hoping to bring life back my old Roland G505 (S type) which has a knackered vibrato. The Wilkinson looked like a good quality replacement but I received it yesterday and I’m blown away with the quality. It’s beautifully machined and has a lovely satin finish which won’t look out of place on a 40 year old guitar. Hope I can do it justice!

I love this bridge. This is the second one I've bought. Very easy to adjust, looks great, and stays in town when you really use the bar. Highly recommend!

I thought I might be getting in over my head with this but it was a piece of cake.

Should come on all fenders.

I have replaced the standard 2 point trem system in my Strat and this is much smoother and precise, stays in tune a lot better. Awesome product.

The package came at the promised time and date. 5 thumbs up !!!

the best material,
the best technical solutions,
the best trem-arm fitting system,
the best shape for hand comfort in palm muting,
the best bushings/pivots system,
the best sound transmission to the guitar body,
the only bridge with no loose connection between its parts...

what else?!?

First of all, let me say that this is a solid bridge. It's made of higher-quality metal than the most replacements I have seen, and the black anodized model really looks great! A definite upgrade to the appearance of my little Jackson. If you are considering this for a standard strat upgrade, it likely deserves 4 or 5 stars.

This review is intended for people (like me) who are trying to make it work on a "strat-similar" guitar that has slightly different dimensions, so please read this review in that context.

To be fair, the dimensions are clearly shown on the product page, so I was aware that this bridge was about 4mm shorter from post location to the nominal position of the string saddles. What I didn't consider is that the travel (both vertically and horizontally) of the saddles is much shorter on this bridge than it was on my original bridge, so setting string height and intonation became a bit of a challenge.

Luckily, the height adjustments screws from the original bridge had the same diameter and thread, so I was able to replace the shorter screws in this bridge with the longer ones from the Jackson bridge. The travel issue was a bit more problematic though. While I have been able to set the intonation on 4 of the 6 strings, there is not quite enough travel for the other two to get the saddle into the position it needs to be in for perfect tuning. I was able to get close, but not quite as far as needed. (The fretted note on the 12th fret is 1 or 2 cents sharp in the maximum location.)

It's not terrible -- I guess I always have the option of filling in the post holes and drilling new ones. However, I had hoped for a simple, drop-in replacement that would give me better tremolo stability and improve some of the tuning issues I was having with the original bridge. The plan was to upgrade the guitar a bit so I could work it into the regular gigging rotation. With the intonation issues, this probably isn't going to happen without some more serious work.

This is not a criticism of the bridge in any way. It's more of a "buyer beware" message for people who are looking to put this on something "strat-like" that isn't specifically a strat. If you are looking for a drop-in replacement for a lower-cost guitar (like the lower-cost Jacksons), pay careful attention to the dimensions and/or be prepared for some modifications to get it right.

This is a great bridge. No complaints, but I wanted to heed a warning about the drill size for the bushing. The bushing itself is 10mm. If you use a 10mm bit your hole will be to large and the bushing will not fit tightly in the hole and could pull out. I ended up using a 25/64" drill bit, which is 9.92mm. This worked much better. Whatever you end up doing, test with a scrap piece of wood first. The difference between the 25/64 and 10mm seems very small, but I found it to be a much better fit. I suppose if you drill the 10mm before painting and done mask off the holes, enough paint would probably get into the hole and make up the difference, but mine came from USACG pre-painted and the holes were to small. They drill them at .38 and had I forced those in, I would have most likely cracked the wood. Otherwise, great tremolo.