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The_Sentry

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I've seen some slight variations on where people set their stop bars. On a lot of guitars from the factory? (even different manufacturers), the stop bar is often jacked all the way down. I experimented with this for months, and right now I'm running with the bar slightly raised on the heavier strings which seems to reduce tension slightly as far as the feel of the strings go in terms of bending and how they roll off my fingers.

 

But....

 

I've also seen some stop bars where the treble side is raised higher...

 

Question: How often have you messed with this? Do you find it to make much of a difference? Where do you like to have your stop bar set on your TOM?

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I try to set my stop bar all the way down if I can. I raise it only enough to make sure the strings to not hit the back of the bridge between the saddles and the stop bar.

 

Some will lower the stop bar all the way down and then wrap the strings over the top. Personally, I don't care for that, but some guys really like it.

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I set my stop bar as low as it will go without touching the right side of the bridge. One thing I've wondered about is that raving I've heard about the aluminum stop bars. Do they really change the tone of the guitar for the better? Anyone installed an aluminum stop bar? What's your experience been with them?

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