bowtie bridges...

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RAV84
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Hi, I'm new.
I just wanted to say that steal or not, the cheapie bowties (those intonated for a plain G) have a taller top (or saddle) than the ones compensated for a wound G.
V59's have a different neckset that C58's and only for that reason I'd recommend the cheaper version for V59's since it'll work better than the one compensated for a wound G.
Now, if you have a C58 I'd go for those quite a bit more expensive, since the top will work perfectly with that neckset.
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sry to bring up a dead thread but would a cheap bigsby ( Plain G) work on a 330 with an accent (335) ?
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Yeah. For sure. Just get someone else to install it if your not VERY experienced with body work and routing.
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I just installed a wound G bowtie on my 325V59 and it works perfectly. I did have to grind the end of the base plate down a bit where it ran into the pickguard, just to get it in the best position. I'm very happy with the result; intonation and tone are great. It was only about $30 from Elderly, too. 8)
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Post by parker_knoll »

if anyone knows where i can get a bowtie bridge compensated for an unwound G i'd be delighted. I've never seen one anywhere.
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