Memphetic Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Quick question for those experienced with both: does using through-body string ferrules enhance/hinder the sound quality or sustain at all when compared to a stop tailpiece for tune-o-matic bridges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Just by intuition, I'd have to say yes, I believe string-through increases sustain, but not having two guitars that are identical except for string-through vs. stop bar, I can't say that for sure. I'm almost done with one and just started another though, and they're both string-through...I suppose I'll probably always build them that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 I don't imagine that it will make much difference in the grand scheme of things. I have two rosewood on mahogany LP-ish guitars with TOM bridges-- one with string-through (Godin LG-90) and one with stop tailpiece (Cort Pagelli). The amount of sustain is nearly identical. To the unaided ear, I can't tell which sustains longer. Anything beyond that falls into the realm of trivial differences. In terms of "tone", it's a non-starter as a point of discussion because almost every other factor (including pickups) will affect tone more than whether it's string-through or stop-tailpiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sulzer Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 I have built a guitar with a bar between the bridge and tailpiece. This bar pulls down on the strings, and so you can adjust the break angle of the strings over the bridge. A very shallow angle sounds bad, but once the angle gets to some reasonable size, there is no further improvement. To me, this indicates that although string through is a really good way to get sustain, there is no reason why a tail piece cannot be just as good as long as it achieves a good angle over the bridge. I do have my doubts about some combination bridge/tailpiece designs. Such a thing needs to be very strong and stiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 stringthrough gives a little more snap and bite specially with 25.5" fret scale overall it makes a small differnce in a little more attack but really i dont know whether it makes a differnce you can really hear....i dont know whether any one has done A-B test with identcal body neck & pickups but that would prove it both TOM and stringthrough are a pain- a schaller 3d roller bridge works great and is 3 wood screws to mount and this bridge sounds killer. easy to fit adjusts up/down/forward/back and it can be easily shifted if you get it wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 I've known guys who've notched their Tele bridges, and swear by top-loading. Same guitar, just strung different, and they love it. Me, I can't hear the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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