fouronsix

Hi all! I really don't post here usually but I couldn't resist this thread. There have been all kinds of "theories" about about wrapping the tailpiece on Stop Bar TOMs for ages now. I've been playing electric guitar since 1960 and my experience with this goes way back. In the 60's Gibson Melody Makers were very popular student guitars. They were equipped with wrap around bridges. Many players moved up to LP's with stop bar tailpieces and simply because they looked similar some of them wrapped the tailpiece because that was "how they always did it". It had nothing to do with tone or sustain or playability. It had everything to do with old habits dying hard. I know this because I did it too until I knew better.