best bridge for a 325c58 ?

[melvinsrule]

What's the best one for playability?

[sloop_john_b]

What exactly are you looking to change/improve?

[melvinsrule]

What exactly are you looking to change/improve?

325c58 MG coming very soon.... will put a trapeze on temporarily and then upgrade to a Bigsby through the best Ric man around when I get it customized in a couple other ways (color, f-hole).
I'm looking for the best functioning bridge. Is there a better one for the trapeze and a different one for the Bigsby?

[kylek350]

The stock roller bridge is excellent in terms of intonation adjustability, but it can rattle a bit. A remedy is a drop of oil on each roller. Since I was going for a Lennon clone, I of course did the bow tie/B5 combo. I found that the bow tie sounds much better in terms of volume and sustain, but you have to find a compromise on the intonation adjustment. I ended up creating a custom temperament on my Peterson strobe tuner to help compensate. I found that by positioning the bridge for perfect intonation on the E strings and tuning the G 5 cents flat, most chords sound reasonably in tune.

Good luck!

[BILLYC58]

I like the bowtie bridge on mine the stock one was nice but the bowtie looks better and gave it a better feel for me.
Billy

[beatboy77]

I too like the bowtie bridge.

[remstar]

You could just put the bigsby on the stock rick bridge as JL did.