Reverse angled Strat bridge

[JB_From_Hell Jomo's Nimions Find all posts View Profile Close JB_From_Hell]

What’s the consensus? I like the idea of it.

[St_Genesius Mojo's Minions Find all posts View Profile Close St_Genesius]

It's always seemed preferable to me: warm up the top strings and make the bottom ones twangier.

Only model I recall having it, though, was the Hendrix sig. Maybe there have been others.

[GuitarStv Sock Market Trader Find all posts View Profile Close GuitarStv]

I just use a higher output strat bridge like the SSL-5. Solves all the problems that were caused by the position and low output of a classic strat bridge.

[idsnowdog Imperator of Indignation Find all posts View Profile Close idsnowdog]

I had a left-handed MIM strat converted to right-handed for a while. Reversing the bridge pickup is pretty subtle and few people could tell the difference blindfolded.

[JOLLY Super Simonologist Find all posts View Profile Close JOLLY]

I have a pickguard like that I've been meaning to swap out.

[St_Genesius Mojo's Minions Find all posts View Profile Close St_Genesius]

Angle and output seem like very separate issues...

I just use a higher output strat bridge like the SSL-5. Solves all the problems that were caused by the position and low output of a classic strat bridge.

[St_Genesius Mojo's Minions Find all posts View Profile Close St_Genesius]

Not that suprising. I bet you could get as much or more difference by using something like the 5-2 pickup (which is one of my faves, though no one ever talks about it).

I had a left-handed MIM strat converted to right-handed for a while. Reversing the bridge pickup is pretty subtle and few people could tell the difference blindfolded.

[dystrust Mojo's Minions Find all posts View Profile Close dystrust]

Angle and output seem like very separate issues...

Compared to a SSL-1/2, the SSL-5/6 is a lot fatter sounding and less bright, which are reasons frequently given for reverse stagger, even if the actual effect is different.

[Mincer Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Mincer]

The bridge pickups should have been reverse-slanted all along.

[beaubrummels Mojo's Minions Find all posts View Profile Close beaubrummels]

I have two left-handed strats I play right strung. The reverse of the bridge pickup makes it notably smoother on the ears to me than the brittle bright normal strat bridge. I have a right-hand strat as well, by way of comparison.

[jeremy LoveMachineologist Find all posts View Profile Close jeremy]

my esquire has a reverse slant pup, a teleish thing i built has a reverse slant bridge pup, and i have a strat setup with a reverse slant bridge pup so you could say im a fan. especially with a vintage wind bridge, it helps balance the high and low strings tonally. that said, not everyone loves it since it doesnt sound quite "right" a good friend whos a great player and tone hound cant get used to it in his hands, though appreciates it when he hears it in the audience. on stage, he is so used to having the response of the skinny strings be thinner, he doesnt enjoy the change

[JB_From_Hell Jomo's Nimions Find all posts View Profile Close JB_From_Hell]

Oh man... I was thinking of swapping my Tele's bridge for a vintage style... and now I feel like it needs to be reversed.

[jeremy LoveMachineologist Find all posts View Profile Close jeremy]

check the rout before you buy a reverse bridge

[JB_From_Hell Jomo's Nimions Find all posts View Profile Close JB_From_Hell]

Good call.

[ArtieToo Peaveyologist Find all posts View Profile Close ArtieToo]

Where are you guys finding these reverse Tele bridges? I don't think I've ever seen one. On a guitar or otherwise.