benefits of wrap around bridges?

[Artie]

In part, it may be something that's just become part of the habitus of guitar making.

Good info. I just measured my Warlock. It appears to be about 3 degree's. But dang, it looks steeper.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Yes, some people do indeed find the angle more ergonomic than the flatness of a Fender Strat or Tele. ^^ The Warlock is pretty similar to my LP.

Oh yeah, adjusting a traditional wrap bridge is a pain in the arse . When doing the intonation, it's best to detune the strings, otherwise you can crossthread the little grub screws and strip the slot for the key.

Looking some more at oldie SGs, there was some variation through time, but a lot of them generally had a lower neck pitch. Maybe this was also done as an attempt to have that slicker guitar that was more competitive with a Strat at the time.

This '64 is pretty much bottomed out, lots of forward tilt due to grub screws being significantly extruded:

Yet, this '63 has a good bit of adjustment left:

The early Standards and Customs also had issue with this due to the sideways vibrola, which had minimal break angle at the back, and the ABR also being set fairly low. Maybe in those days of flatwound 12s it was less of a problem. This is a cool '60 (no, not a typo); would need the Mojoaxe vibrola stop to bring out the best, I expect, with a regular set of 9s or 10s.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Here we go, found this on a site called Axlabs Hardware. Is there anything stopping me from just screwing in something like this behind an Epiphone style wraparound bridge?

In principle, it should be fine, similar to Gibsons which had the lighting bar bridge and short vibrola combination. It would be a matter of getting the distance correct so the strings aren't hitting the back of the bridge when it's strung up. Might have to be longer since the string anchor point on an EDS style tailpiece is quite low to the body, while on a vibrola it's higher up.

 

[Artie]

Looking some more at oldie SGs . . .

That's a pretty sweet collection of old SG's.

 

[beaubrummels]

I've never understood why they do tilt-back necks on slab-bodied guitars. I can understand on an LP, or a hollow or semi-hollow body. But I don't get it on your SG or my Warlock.

If someone knows, I'm all ears.

Getting the strings over the bridge design, and it's a little ergonomic improvement having the body tilt back under your right arm while the neck tilts back under your left arm.

 

[Artie]

Getting the strings over the bridge design, and it's a little ergonomic improvement having the body tilt back under your right arm while the neck tilts back under your left arm.

That makes sense.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

That's a pretty sweet collection of old SG's.

ATB Guitars in the UK always have choice stuff and lots of high res pictures. Good for nerding out on details.