Reverse angled Strat bridge

[jeremy]

i used a callaham left handed vintage tele bridge with right handed saddles and right handed lip cutback, amazing bridge

 

[Aceman]

Meh

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Meh

Says the guy who’s owned a Strat for like 15 minutes

 

[Aceman]

Says the guy who’s owned a Strat for like 15 minutes

And I bought one with a humbucker in the bridge, didn't I?

 

[beaubrummels]

And I bought one with a humbucker in the bridge, didn't I?

Make sure you try a left-handed humbucker. It's amazeballs.

 

[Artie]

i used a callaham left handed vintage tele bridge with right handed saddles and right handed lip cutback, amazing bridge

I was looking at those. I like the Hipshot variant also, and they're close to the same price.

 

[jeremy]

hipshot looks good, and you can top load or thru body, which is a nice option. dont think the callaham can be top loaded, thought that bridge is a work of art

 

[Artie]

I think that Callaham leans toward "vintage", in general. (Which is cool.) Mine will definitely be a "modern" Tele. Especially after I get my wiring scheme in it.

 

[jeremy]

callaham does lean vintage, but also uses different materials than many other manufacturers. its well machined from good stock but nothing too far from the best of what was made years ago

 

[Artie]

They used to be big on the cryo treatment process, but I don't see them mentioning it anymore. I guess they decided that it wasn't all it was "cracked up" to be.

 

[Matt_Herman]

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.

I concur, I like the enhanced clarity of the lowest notes, and the (slight) ‘rounding’ of the upper range of notes.


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[alex1fly]

Not terribly different IME. I hear it when I listen intently for it, and I don't when I just play.

 

[GuitarStv]

Angle and output seem like very separate issues...

Higher output softens the highs that tend to piss people off about the traditionally slanted bridge pickup in a strat.

 

[St_Genesius]

Can't imagine it does anything to twang-up the low strings.

Higher output softens the highs that tend to piss people off about the traditionally slanted bridge pickup in a strat.

 

[GuitarStv]

Can't imagine it does anything to twang-up the low strings.

It does not. But I've never actually hear someone complaining about the bass strings of a strat bridge needing to be more thin, twangy, and less powerful.

 

[Matt_Herman]

Can't imagine it does anything to twang-up the low strings.

In my experience, in my low tuning, the coil’s position being closer to the bridge very nicely subdues the fundamental of the notes in relation to the overtones, and enhances the ‘steeliness’ of the lower range.

Personal preference, but I really like it.


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[DavidRavenMoon]

That’s how I do it. I also like P bases with the pickup reversed. It sounds more even across the strings.

(Yes, there’s no pickups in the guitar. )

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[jeremy]

when i built basses, i flipped the p bass pups and liked the results for the same reason