Page double neck

[feldkeen4]

Watched the live concert portion of the song remains the same last night. And was wondering why the tail piece was so far from the bridge on the Page model. Compared to other models including the Don Felder model

[Silenced Fred]

maybe he liked them janglies (playing behind the bridge)

 

i do that sometimes, and it creates some cool sounds

[JellyWheat]

Watched the live concert portion of the song remains the same last night. And was wondering why the tail piece was so far from the bridge on the Page model. Compared to other models including the Don Felder model

 

Stopbars closer to the bridges would create a very sharp (acute) breakover angle that would magnify the tension on the tailpiece (or stop-bar studs). This would be undesirable on a wide, fairly thin mahogany slab, since it would make the body of the guitar want to "dish". [This is because the string tension would be pulling "up" in relation to the plane of the top. The farther away the anchor point of the strings, the more parallel the tension is to the plane of the top.]

 

The fact that these things don't just spontaneously fold up due to their own string tension never ceases to amaze me! Good job, Gibson!

 

J/W

:mellow:

[SG Jones]

A lot of the old 1275s have the tail pieces way back. Strangely enough so do the Epis. I have a friend who has one and he has a heck of a time getting the G and D stings on the 12 string neck to stay on because they are just barely long enough to wrap around the peg.

[rocketman]

I watched that too last night. Wow, Page was ad libbing during most of the concert. He is truly a master.