Has anyone else tried these??
These bridges are simply, IMO the best you can get for a vintage style tremolo bridge.
It has a solid cold steel block and a thicker bridge plate, it also comes with this stainless steel shim you put under the pivot point. It is drilled for your vintage style 6 screws to go through.
It is a heavy unit that seems to really make a difference, not just in tone and sustain but in keep my guitar in tune.
This C.P. trem has been engineered differently at the pivot point so there is no movement so no binding of the bridgepalte into the screws.
As for setup,I recessed the steel shim into the body so I could get more of the bridge plate in contact with the body.
I have been gigging with this guitar for the past few weeks, 3 gigs a week after doing the recess job and I must say…. the before recess & after recess of the shim made the most noticeable difference to my over all sustain and tonal resonance.
To compare, some time ago I built my first set neck Les Paul style guitar and when cranked it has all the sweet spots for infinite sustain as you might expect from a quality built guitar. The LP was finished with Wudtone Mahogany for the back & neck and Saffron for the flamed maple top I put on it. The body & neck are mahogany wood and it screams…..
Back to my strat style finished with Wudtone Cherry Flamenco…
I originally had a nice tremolo bridge with a solid steel block on it but through some conversations with Andy, went for his CP bridge.
The build quality is 2nd to none and the solid, high mass machined block is absolute perfection.
This guitar now has sooo many sweet spots that my poor LP gets left at home (I am a strat man first & foremost anyway) and the sonic tones are soo buttery and sweet that when cranked still have clear articulation of each note even though your ears are bleeding.
I must say that without a doubt this is the best tremolo bridge out there by far.
The big names have a lesson or two to learn about quality over heritage.
If you are thinking of doing that special build for yourself or for your own brand name building, look no further that this as an essential part of the hardware to make your guitars stand out above & beyond the rest.
Also, if you are handy with a dremel or chisels, I recommend trying the recessing of the steel shim, you will be amazed at the difference. I know that there was a greatly improved tonal & sustain difference once I fitted this CP bridge, but for me, a seeker of the holy grail of tone, the recessing of the shim took me even higher and deeper into my world of tone.
Cheers to Andy & Wudtone for making such a great tremolo bridge along with all your great wood finishes.
These bridges are simply, IMO the best you can get for a vintage style tremolo bridge.
It has a solid cold steel block and a thicker bridge plate, it also comes with this stainless steel shim you put under the pivot point. It is drilled for your vintage style 6 screws to go through.
It is a heavy unit that seems to really make a difference, not just in tone and sustain but in keep my guitar in tune.
This C.P. trem has been engineered differently at the pivot point so there is no movement so no binding of the bridgepalte into the screws.
As for setup,I recessed the steel shim into the body so I could get more of the bridge plate in contact with the body.
I have been gigging with this guitar for the past few weeks, 3 gigs a week after doing the recess job and I must say…. the before recess & after recess of the shim made the most noticeable difference to my over all sustain and tonal resonance.
To compare, some time ago I built my first set neck Les Paul style guitar and when cranked it has all the sweet spots for infinite sustain as you might expect from a quality built guitar. The LP was finished with Wudtone Mahogany for the back & neck and Saffron for the flamed maple top I put on it. The body & neck are mahogany wood and it screams…..
Back to my strat style finished with Wudtone Cherry Flamenco…
I originally had a nice tremolo bridge with a solid steel block on it but through some conversations with Andy, went for his CP bridge.
The build quality is 2nd to none and the solid, high mass machined block is absolute perfection.
This guitar now has sooo many sweet spots that my poor LP gets left at home (I am a strat man first & foremost anyway) and the sonic tones are soo buttery and sweet that when cranked still have clear articulation of each note even though your ears are bleeding.
I must say that without a doubt this is the best tremolo bridge out there by far.
The big names have a lesson or two to learn about quality over heritage.
If you are thinking of doing that special build for yourself or for your own brand name building, look no further that this as an essential part of the hardware to make your guitars stand out above & beyond the rest.
Also, if you are handy with a dremel or chisels, I recommend trying the recessing of the steel shim, you will be amazed at the difference. I know that there was a greatly improved tonal & sustain difference once I fitted this CP bridge, but for me, a seeker of the holy grail of tone, the recessing of the shim took me even higher and deeper into my world of tone.
Cheers to Andy & Wudtone for making such a great tremolo bridge along with all your great wood finishes.
