H575 with a bar bridge

[LH575]

I put my aluminum Tru-Arc bar bridge from my Gretsch Electromatic on my H575.

 

Made a huge difference in sound. Not better or worse just different. Acoustically, the notes ring out more. Electrically, the sound has more of a hollow-y "boing" to it. Makes those P90s REALLY sound like single coils.

 

Gonna leave it on for a bit, see what I think. So far, I really dig it though.

 

Some photos.....

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/89805518@N00/...57622908578483/

[cod65]

Oh I'm diggin it! I've been thinking about trying a tune-o-matic.

 

I tried one of these on an old es125 and it seemed to brighten things up:

 

http://tinyurl.com/5j36b6

 

I may give that another try, or build my own with the dremel kit.

 

hmmm, this gets me thinking- I wonder how a ceramic bridge, with metal saddles would sound!?

 

back to the laboratory!

[bebove64]

hi lh575,

I'm here again,the guy from the boot

Well as a jazz player I prefer wooden bridges, with them you'll get less brilliant sound, but warmer( in addition with a Seth lover pu on the neck), so I think It depends on what kind of music you want to play. anyway it's always up to you.try to ge the best sound from your H in order to play your favorite kind of music!

P.S. I hope You'LL understand my bad english (agh ...)

bebove

[big bob]

how do you intonate that thing? looks cool.

[LH575]

Intonation - you just set up the high and low E's on the 1st and 6th strings and everything falls into place. Now, there is no way the intonation can be exactly there - but if I fret a first position open C at the 12th fret, it is spot on - no "off" notes. Same goes for E and Am way up at the 12th.

 

I believe this bridge has found it's new home.

 

Sounds similar to this guy's 525, but with a little more "boing!"

 

 

It'll still go warm though. I'm not too big on the traditional bassy muffled jazz tone, I like a little bite.

 

The Heritage base would not take the Tru-Arc, so I had to take the 5120 bridge and sand down the feet to match the Heritage curve. Took a little time, but everything lined up.

 

(bebove - your english is just fine!)

[smurph1]

I was wondering how you would intonate that bridge also..it's cool that it's so easy!!

[cod65]

all attempts at intonation are a compromise of sorts. even an adjustable bridge is intonating based on a traditional 'tempered' scale used since the Bach days. So, no matter how accurate your bridge, frets, Buzz feitin nut, etc is- you are mathematically compromising intonation. But this is what adds character to the notes. if everything was perfectly intonated it would sound boring. So a jazz bridge, as odd as it seems, depending on its relatively 'proper' placement , and which root key you are in , can be no less a compromise than an adjustable.

 

the jazz on a Summer's day version of this illustrates this better(guitar sounds more out of tune sometimes), but this will have to suffice: