bolero Posted March 8, 2022 Posted March 8, 2022 I have a wooden H575 bridge that appears to be carved for a wound G string. Wondering if anyone else with a 575 uses a non wound G string? And if so, is the bridge made of wood? Thx! and let the thong & wood jokes commence...
pressure Posted March 8, 2022 Posted March 8, 2022 I have plain G strings on my Heritage Johnny Smith's with the original wooden bridges. It's hard to bend a wound G string and I always bend strings.
Steiner Posted March 8, 2022 Posted March 8, 2022 1 hour ago, bolero said: I have a wooden H575 bridge that appears to be carved for a wound G string. Wondering if anyone else with a 575 uses a non wound G string? And if so, is the bridge made of wood? Thx! and let the thong & wood jokes commence... No. Every single guitar I have here has a wound 3rd - even the classical. The maple 575 has a rosewood bridge, the mahogany has a Nashville w/ wood base. It's a preference thing; YMMV. Wooden bridges aren't carved for a particular string type. The offsets between strings is a crapshoot and very seldom accurate. You should be able to swap in and out of a wound 3rd without augmenting the bridge. Intonation on a hollowbody is never very precise without a Nashville style bridge.
bolero Posted March 8, 2022 Author Posted March 8, 2022 2 hours ago, ElChoad said: I hate it when my G string is would too tight... Ha! But it's easier to hit those high notes
High Flying Bird Posted March 8, 2022 Posted March 8, 2022 3 hours ago, pressure said: It's hard to bend a wound G string and I always bend strings. And it hurts too.
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