omni43 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I was doing a little set up on my 61 reissue tonight and for the first time I was realized that the bridge was not straight on this guitar. I go right to the internet and search it and find nothing. So I start looking at 61 reissue pictures and sure enough all of them have a crooked bridge! Does anyone know why that is the case? Here is a picture from Gibson's website, and if you look you can see that the end closest to the pick guard is higher. Anyone know anything about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I was doing a little set up on my 61 reissue tonight and for the first time I was realized that the bridge was not straight on this guitar. I go right to the internet and search it and find nothing. So I start looking at 61 reissue pictures and sure enough all of them have a crooked bridge! Does anyone know why that is the case? Here is a picture from Gibson's website, and if you look you can see that the end closest to the pick guard is higher. Anyone know anything about that? It's to help with intonation, all guitars are made that way with the thickest string being the longest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 It's to help with intonation, all guitars are made that way with the thickest string being the longest. Based on theory and statistics this might apply. However, this is the stock Fishman piezo bridge of my SG Supra, shown adjusted for correct intonation with real-world strings (the TP-6 finetuning tailpiece is an option): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omni43 Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 I knew there had to be a reason, just didn't know what. When I first realized the bridge was askew; it really freaked me out, thinking, "how could Gibson do something so stupid." Thanks for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Based on theory and statistics this might apply. However, this is the stock Fishman piezo bridge of my SG Supra, shown adjusted for correct intonation with real-world strings (the TP-6 finetuning tailpiece is an option): I was speaking in generalizations, yours is kind of an oddball. Don't think I've ever seen the low E shorter than the D. Most of mine look like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I was speaking in generalizations, yours is kind of an oddball. Don't think I've ever seen the low E shorter than the D. Interestingly this appears on some of my Gibsons but not on my Fenders although one is close, my American Deluxe Telecaster Ash. The bridges' patterns of all my other Fenders and my Ibanezes look pretty average, all of them with strings of same make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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