'Nashville' TOM bridges
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Re: 'Nashville' TOM bridges
How come?
How come?
Re: 'Nashville' TOM bridges
The only thing I can agree with is that the Nashville is wider which gives greater range for intonation.
"They smell like feet"?? That gives an obvious clue to your bias. But why are you so biased?
The only thing I can agree with is that the Nashville is wider which gives greater range for intonation.
"They smell like feet"?? That gives an obvious clue to your bias. But why are you so biased?
Re: 'Nashville' TOM bridges
^ Or it could be a joke.......
The Nashville style is mainly ID'd by the separate wood bushings to the height adjustment part. There are many varieties nowadays, especially since the flourishing in the last 15-20 years of the Asian line of guitar building and the myriad of metric bridges.
The ABR is the other traditional bridge style, with the whole threaded stud screwing into the wood.
^ Or it could be a joke.......
The Nashville style is mainly ID'd by the separate wood bushings to the height adjustment part. There are many varieties nowadays, especially since the flourishing in the last 15-20 years of the Asian line of guitar building and the myriad of metric bridges.
The ABR is the other traditional bridge style, with the whole threaded stud screwing into the wood.
Dave Locher
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Re: 'Nashville' TOM bridges
Nashville is a little bigger, a little heavier, and mounts on studs that thread into a bushing mounted in the guitar body (similar to tailpiece bushings & studs).
The ABR mounts on little threaded wheels that thread onto thin posts that screw directly into the wood.
I've had both, I like them both but prefer the Nashville because of the extended adjustment range and because the mounting is sturdier. It is possible to bend the studs on an ABR, and you can even bend the bridge itself over time. It's pretty near impossible to bend the Nashville bridge or studs unless you stomp on the guitar.
I have pretty sensitive ears and don't think either sounds better or worse.
Nashville is a little bigger, a little heavier, and mounts on studs that thread into a bushing mounted in the guitar body (similar to tailpiece bushings & studs).
The ABR mounts on little threaded wheels that thread onto thin posts that screw directly into the wood.
I've had both, I like them both but prefer the Nashville because of the extended adjustment range and because the mounting is sturdier. It is possible to bend the studs on an ABR, and you can even bend the bridge itself over time. It's pretty near impossible to bend the Nashville bridge or studs unless you stomp on the guitar.
I have pretty sensitive ears and don't think either sounds better or worse.
Re: 'Nashville' TOM bridges
I've never been able to hear even the slightest difference between the two (even when my ears were younger). But because my hearing isn't as good as it used to be, I'll give on this point and allow others that possibility.
I've never been able to hear even the slightest difference between the two (even when my ears were younger). But because my hearing isn't as good as it used to be, I'll give on this point and allow others that possibility.
Wattage
High Voltologist
Re: 'Nashville' TOM bridges
Having had a guitar that had an ABR to start with and then a Nashville I can tell you the Nashville adds a little chime and open-ness but looses a little bottom end.
The ABR has a solid closed bottom and a Nashville is open, the Nashville is wider which on some guitars depending on how they're strung causes the strings to hit the backside of the bridge.
There are aftermarket Nashville style bridges that have solid bottoms that I prefer when I can use them, string alignment is different on some guiars so I find that the aftermarkets don't always work for me.
Having had a guitar that had an ABR to start with and then a Nashville I can tell you the Nashville adds a little chime and open-ness but looses a little bottom end.
The ABR has a solid closed bottom and a Nashville is open, the Nashville is wider which on some guitars depending on how they're strung causes the strings to hit the backside of the bridge.
There are aftermarket Nashville style bridges that have solid bottoms that I prefer when I can use them, string alignment is different on some guiars so I find that the aftermarkets don't always work for me.
Dave Locher
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Re: 'Nashville' TOM bridges
I can't hear a difference, either, but a bunch of people claim they can and I have never a/b'd both on the same guitar with same amp, strings, etc. so who knows? My point is just that they both seem to sound good.
I can't hear a difference, either, but a bunch of people claim they can and I have never a/b'd both on the same guitar with same amp, strings, etc. so who knows? My point is just that they both seem to sound good.
Wattage
High Voltologist
Re: 'Nashville' TOM bridges
I had an ABR into wood and a Nashville into metal ferrules in the same guitar. Otherwise the strings and setup were the same, see my thoughts above. It was an LP Special that I was tired of dealing with bent posts, I had a lot of time on that guitar.
I had an ABR into wood and a Nashville into metal ferrules in the same guitar. Otherwise the strings and setup were the same, see my thoughts above. It was an LP Special that I was tired of dealing with bent posts, I had a lot of time on that guitar.
dystrust
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Re: 'Nashville' TOM bridges
My experience was exactly the opposite; I found the Nashville to have a lower frequency focus and sound generally bigger, while the ABR had more air / chime. I had the same experience on 3 different guitars, but all of them originally had a Nashville bridge and I installed the ABR via conversion bushings. Of those 3, I liked the Nashville best on one, the ABR best on the other, and the third sounded equally good (but different) with both bridges. I'd suspect that the method of installation makes as much or more difference than the bridge type itself.
My experience was exactly the opposite; I found the Nashville to have a lower frequency focus and sound generally bigger, while the ABR had more air / chime. I had the same experience on 3 different guitars, but all of them originally had a Nashville bridge and I installed the ABR via conversion bushings. Of those 3, I liked the Nashville best on one, the ABR best on the other, and the third sounded equally good (but different) with both bridges. I'd suspect that the method of installation makes as much or more difference than the bridge type itself.
hamerfan
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Re: 'Nashville' TOM bridges
i converted two guitars to Abr. In my book it adds a whack of sustain and some bottom. On the studio i just used the conversion studs and swapped forth and back between the Nashville and the abr bar quite some time. I tell you the most difference make the studs with the firmer coupling to wood. My advice is only to purchase the conversion studs (e.g. faber) and you made most of the way to the iconic abr sound.
i converted two guitars to Abr. In my book it adds a whack of sustain and some bottom. On the studio i just used the conversion studs and swapped forth and back between the Nashville and the abr bar quite some time. I tell you the most difference make the studs with the firmer coupling to wood. My advice is only to purchase the conversion studs (e.g. faber) and you made most of the way to the iconic abr sound.
