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TG · November 15th, 2006, 06:05 PM

Les Pauls are top-loaded. Doesn't seem to bother them.

The tele Jimmy Page used on the early Led Zep and on Stairway to Heaven was a '59 top-loader, I think.
I think.....

Anyway...the only differences are the break angle over the bridge saddles, the direction of pull on the bridge itself (if that makes much difference to a screwed down plate anyway), and the overall length of the strings from tuners to ball ends. A shorter overall length will make the guitar seem a bit looser to play since you are stretching less length of metal when you bend/fret.

I'd have no complaints with a top-loader.

November 15th, 2006, 06:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
TG Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beside a bog in the west of Ireland Age: 47 Posts: 4,464 7 Photos	Les Pauls are top-loaded. Doesn't seem to bother them. The tele Jimmy Page used on the early Led Zep and on Stairway to Heaven was a '59 top-loader, I think. I think..... Anyway...the only differences are the break angle over the bridge saddles, the direction of pull on the bridge itself (if that makes much difference to a screwed down plate anyway), and the overall length of the strings from tuners to ball ends. A shorter overall length will make the guitar seem a bit looser to play since you are stretching less length of metal when you bend/fret. I'd have no complaints with a top-loader.