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helle_man · May 14th, 2008, 06:53 AM

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These are the toughest bridges to put benders on. IMCGILLET has the right idea if you must use a 6 way bridge. But personally speaking, I prefer the old original ashtray 3-way bridges. They seem to have more tone and it's easy to just drill a small hole behind the B string on the ashtray like FLAT RAT says.

Is the problem on the E & A strings the spacing of the E & A detuners on the Hipshot?

For my 2 cents worth, I see pitch problems on the horizon with the added "stop tailpiece" type bar to keep the Hipshot strings held down.

I've been trying for years for Dave Borisoff at Hipshot to design a 6-in-line set of tuners which will allow a player to detune any of the 6 strings from the tuner end instead of from the bridge/Hipshot end. Sure would solve a lot of problems.

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May 14th, 2008, 06:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
helle_man Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 127	. These are the toughest bridges to put benders on. IMCGILLET has the right idea if you must use a 6 way bridge. But personally speaking, I prefer the old original ashtray 3-way bridges. They seem to have more tone and it's easy to just drill a small hole behind the B string on the ashtray like FLAT RAT says. Is the problem on the E & A strings the spacing of the E & A detuners on the Hipshot? For my 2 cents worth, I see pitch problems on the horizon with the added "stop tailpiece" type bar to keep the Hipshot strings held down. I've been trying for years for Dave Borisoff at Hipshot to design a 6-in-line set of tuners which will allow a player to detune any of the 6 strings from the tuner end instead of from the bridge/Hipshot end. Sure would solve a lot of problems. . __________________ Will Ray says - "More Guitars, Less War".