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best bridge for a 325c58 ?
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:44 am
by melvinsrule
What's the best one for playability?
Re: best bridge for a 325c58 ?
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:50 am
by sloop_john_b
What exactly are you looking to change/improve?
Re: best bridge for a 325c58 ?
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:48 pm
by melvinsrule
sloop_john_b wrote: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?
Re: best bridge for a 325c58 ?
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:45 pm
by 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!
Re: best bridge for a 325c58 ?
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:24 pm
by 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
Re: best bridge for a 325c58 ?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:56 pm
by beatboy77
I too like the bowtie bridge.
Re: best bridge for a 325c58 ?
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:26 pm
by remstar
You could just put the bigsby on the stock rick bridge as JL did.