Quote Originally Posted by wokkaboy View Post
Hi Ben, no worries the forum is here to help and trying to give advice so you don't make the same mistakes I have made learning !
that bridge plate is quite a bit shorter.
You should be measuring front of nut to 12th fret should be about 313/314mm - half of 24.75" scale = 314mm.

Wind the low E saddle as far forward as you can, it needs to be in the 317mm area to 12th fret, which I don't think you have the thread to go that far forward. Looks like the bridge plate will have to come forward at least 5mm, unless you can get longer saddle screws so the saddles are closer to the nut.
High E string will need to be about 314mm from the 12th fret
Oh okay. I think I will just move it forward close the gap between the scratch guard and the bridge. I will just have to work out how to fill those holes, they're going to be ugly.

Even the original bridge would struggle without being moved.