theboatcandream Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 This would work right? You take some guitar like a les paul jr that has a wrap around bridge, then you stick a casino - style trapeze tailpiece on it. It would work, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Theoretically, but it may not have a positive effect on tone or sustain or whatever the reasons are for a trapeze. With a Tune-o-Matic, they remind you not to let the break angle be so steep that the strings touch anything between the saddle and the tailpiece. With a wraparound tailpiece, you can't avoid the string touching part of the bridge before it gets to the tailpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboatcandream Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 Hmm. Could you fix that by replacing the bridge? What kind of tonal difference am I looking at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotcanX Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I think the question here is, why would you want to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboatcandream Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 Aesthetics? Feel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Hmm. Could you fix that by replacing the bridge? What kind of tonal difference am I looking at? You'll loose some tension on the "saddles". So besides a slightly increased ease in bending, your tone will loose some sustain, and "focus". But depending on how trained your ears are, you might not even notice the slight difference. So go for it, if you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotcanX Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Aesthetics? Feel? As to the æsthetics, IMO, nothing can touch the simple elegance and function of the stop tail. Now it's just a personal opinion but to me trapezes are kind of clunky and I have a feeling one would look kind of orfy-gorfy on an LP. Even those ES-335s with the trapeze just seem to be inferior to their stop tailpiece brothers. Feel? Yeah, okay, there's a point there, but you'll be sacrificing a ton of sustain to get it so it's a tightrope balancing act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwillow777 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 To each his own. I personally don't like the looks of the trapeze on an LP, but that is just me. I bought an Agile AL-3100 (LP copy) with a trapeeze. The only reason I did was because I wanted to put a Bigsby on it and not have to deal with the tailpiece holes showing. Otherwise I much prefer a stop tailpiece, especially on an LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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