Hahn guitar mod

[Voicing 13]

Hey,

I was reading an old GP (March 30th) and there was an article about Hahn guitars. I don't know if this is something done a lot but he adds two screws to the top of his bridges to have it completely flat with the body. Thought it was cool and that I would throw it out there.

Victor

[Guitarmadcat]

That's an old but effective tech's trick to help cure a squealing Tele.

At high volume, the leading edge of the bridgeplate, if not in firm contact with the body, can microscopically vibrate, causing squeal. Actually, one screw in the top right of the bridge will suffice. The unfortunate side effect is you lose the vintage look of the bridge.

Just as effective is to loosen all bridge screws and fit a small strip of foam (draught excluder works great) between the top edge of the bridgeplate and body and screw down firmly the original, existing screws.

Just thought I'd mention it!

[Voicing 13]

thanks for saying, had no idea. Will look into it.

[FraKcture]

Thanks for the info guys, i'll try the foam first...

found a pic btw,

[Wayne Alexander]

You can melt a little candle wax under the front edge of the bridge as you mount it, works fine to cure microphonics caused by the front edge of the bridge.

[olaftheholy]

Originally Posted by Wayne Alexander

You can melt a little candle wax under the front edge of the bridge as you mount it, works fine to cure microphonics caused by the front edge of the bridge.

Now the microphonics come from the fluctuating baseplae UNDER the pickup, not ye olde bridgeplate.

This can be cured with some dripping candlewax yes, or superglue (c.a.)

Bridgeplates not being flat cause it to oscillate against string vibration and hence make for a unstable (as in dead) sounding higher strings g/b/e
Flattening the bridgeplate before installment on some 80 grit sandpaper does the trick
Also do not overtighten the 4 mounting screws for the bridge.

Those two screws Chihoe puts in should be forbidden, altough he makes a mean tele i have to confess....

[KevinB]

Callaham's bridges also have those two screws. He claims they improve sustain by 8% although I'm not entirely sure how he measured that!

His bridges are superb though.

"The two small screw holes in the front plate may or may not be used. Because of the rigidity of our plate, using the screws will give an extra 8% increase in sustain. On less ridged bridges, it can make a larger difference because of their poor design. We add the screws for thoses wanting the maximum."