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Dillon]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance mr. d https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/stop-bar-tailpiece-q/#post-86243 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/stop-bar-tailpiece-q/#post-86188 Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:42:07 +0000
2) Again, lots of info on the net about it. The number one thing I've read about it is strings break less, but I've never broken a string so I'm not to concerned about that. Zack Wylde uses it from what I've seen in pictures.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance stock28 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/stop-bar-tailpiece-q/#post-86188 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/stop-bar-tailpiece-q/#post-6470 Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:46:02 +0000
1) I've heard that lowering the tailpiece right down so it's flush against the body of the guitar will increase by increasing string tension across the bridge. Will this really produce a noticeable difference and what other potential tone side effects would I be looking at? I've heard that having it raised off the body helps produce a more organic and chimey tone (which I like). Then I've also heard that it's all a bunch of BS that people make up when they run out of other things to tweak. Any thoughts?

2) I've also heard of people stringing through the stopbar from the opposite directing and wrapping them back around (like the wraparound bridge on old LPs) before running them across the bridge. I haven't tried this because I'm afraid it'll scratch the tailpiece and if I decide I don't like it I'd have big ugly scratches to deal with. What sort of effect would this have on tone, sustain, and playability?

Thanks for any help,
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