Members bmast160 Posted February 27, 2011 Members Share Posted February 27, 2011 the tailpiece is very close to the bridge on one of my guitars. when the strings come straight out of the tailpiece they roughly cross the center of the saddles, but the high and low strings are toward the inside of the high and low pole pieces on the pickup. i'd like to notch the saddles so that the high and low strings sit further out on the saddles. that way they'd cross directly over the pole pieces but if i do that there will be tension from the tailpiece trying to pull the strings back toward the center of the saddles - is this ok? or should i look to get a tailpiece that is further back from the bridge? see the photo. the red lines are where i'd like the strings to be.[ATTACH]332280[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted February 27, 2011 Members Share Posted February 27, 2011 That's a really tough question because I can see the advantages of keeping a straight pull over the bridge and you are already pretty close to the ends. I know that a lot of people (Dan Erlewine in particular) are proponents of having the string pass over the pole piece, but as long as it's fairly close you're still going to be within the magnetic field of the pickup. I mean does it play or sound like it's an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bmast160 Posted February 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 27, 2011 it sounds good both ways. the high and low strings are a little clearer when over the pole pieces and i have a little more room between strings for fingerpicking, so i'd prefer it that way but not if im gonna have more broken strings and strings that are popping out of the saddle notches. i'd probably have to notch them deeper to do this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bmast160 Posted March 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 1, 2011 anyone else have any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted March 1, 2011 Members Share Posted March 1, 2011 I wouldn't do a damn thing. If you really want your strings over the pole pieces i'd try to find a bridge with wider string spacing. If you try to notch these as close to the edge as the red lines you'll end up weakening the saddles to the point where they'll break eventually. This is a definate, "If it works, don't fix it" thang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sk8centilli Posted March 1, 2011 Members Share Posted March 1, 2011 Put the string where you want it and tap it with hammer. http://www.stewmac.com/tsarchive/ts0109.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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