SG Sydney Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Good- day Gibson lovers... I noticed on my SG that the strings rest on the bottom of theNashville Tune- O Matic bridge before entering the Stop- Bar Tailpiece, it came like that from the Gibson factory as this SG 2019 model was purchased new 3 weeks ago. I know raising the Stop - Bar Tailpiece will rectify this issue , I was wandering if other SG guitars have this same issue or is like that from new. I don't want to reset Stop - Bar Tailpiece as the guitar plays superb, but if it is a problem somehow I will adjust this issue. Cheers...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcticsg Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Congratulations on your new SG! 🙂. In a perfect world, the strings should not be touching anything on the bridge other than the saddles. You are correct in raising the stop-bar/tailpiece to correct that. After I set the bridge where It needs to be during setup, I always raise the stop bar just high enough for the strings to clear the back of the bridge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG Sydney Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 Good day Arcticsg , makes sense to raise bridge so strings don't touch , wonder why Gibson tech didn't raise bridge, might leave it that way for a while, plays well enough though, if strings break then I'll tinker with it...touchy subject stop tailbridges..... Cheers..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 As long as it plays well and sounds good you probably don't have to raise the stop bar. I played Gibsons for many a year with the stop bar always decked and never knew that the strings weren't supposed to touch the back of the bridge. Big topic of discussion, but in reality I don't think it makes much difference. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG Sydney Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 Glossy Twang Gang,sorry for late reply but I don't get on computers much , but yeah just playing this SG and all good so far , came with strings touching back of bridge new from Gibson this year. If it ain't broke keep on playing.... Cheers..... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 I had an SG Standard with the bat wing pickguard , the TOM bridge sits above the pickguard and the stopbar was adjusted to sit about 1/16" above the body. I adjusted the stopbar down and then the strings touched the back of the bridge. Thinking that I wanted the strings not to to touch and the stopbar to be as solid as possible, I installed some nickel plated spacer washers left over from a Duesenberg tremolo under the stopbar, just to ease my mind.. It worked very well, but in reality nothing needed to be done.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eracer_Team Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Why don't you "top wrap" the stop tail if you want to deck the stop to the surface of the guitar. That way the string are "that much" higher than the holes in the stop tail for the strings and will be pretty much a straight run from the TOM to the stop tail I'm not going to get into the "strings can't touch the back of the TOM" argument If I want an argument, I'll talk to my wife 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 The stop bar should be hIgh enough so the strings clear the back of the bridge. There's no rule that says so, but that's the way Gibson does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG Sydney Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Yeah I've been checking other SGs at guitar stores and some touch back of bridge and some don't......SG playing well enough , no worries....Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 IMHO, between the nut and the bridge is where you get the magic, anything beyond those points does not matter. Maybe the life of the strings... maintaining tuning ... nothing more than that... I heard all the arguments against what I just stated, don't bother, my mind is made up. 😁 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG Sydney Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Yeah I get your drift.....I only stumbled to on this issue when I saw it on Utube , other wise it didn't matter to me....SG plays well and stays in tune.... no worries.....Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Big Bill said: IMHO, between the nut and the bridge is where you get the magic, anything beyond those points does not matter. Maybe the life of the strings... maintaining tuning ... nothing more than that... I heard all the arguments against what I just stated, don't bother, my mind is made up. 😁 I believe this too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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