Monday, March 18, 2013

Ideal Bridge


There are many forums discussing the different types of guitar bridges, which are the metal, or wooden for acoustic guitars, mounts where a string is put in through to create tension on the bottom of the guitar. Some guitars have fixed bridges, which are actually bolted onto the guitar to maintain stability. These are by far the easiest to have because you just put a the guitar string through  and the tension is equally distributed automatically whereas on a Floyd Rose (floating tremolo) you need to clamp the strings to the top and balance the tension with the bridge and the head-stock to use it to its full potential. I myself two guitars with these types of bridges and the Floyd Rose is by far the most complicated. I encourage a beginner guitarist to buy a guitar with a fixed bridge because it is easier to handle. The price for a fixed bridge is a lot less than that of a Floyd Rose due to the Floyd Roses’ intricate design. Another piece of advice is if you really want to use a Floyd Rose make sure you get a “Original Floyd Rose” because the “Licensed Floyd Rose” is even harder to handle because they are cheaply made and they are mass produced more than the “Original” but expect to pay over four-hundred dollars for the “Original.”  A Floyd Rose is so difficult to work with that many guitarists pay a specialized guitar tech to set it up for them. 

ultimate-guitar.com/forum

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