Reverse angled Strat bridge

[JB_From_Hell]

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

 

[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]

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]

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]

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

 

[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]

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]

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]

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

 

[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]

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]

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]

check the rout before you buy a reverse bridge

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Good call.

 

[Artie]

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

 

[dystrust]

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

I'm not 100% sure, but I'd guess they're just using left-handed bridges. It worked well enough for SRV...

 

[Artie]

I'm not 100% sure, but I'd guess they're just using left-handed bridges. It worked well enough for SRV...

Doh! I didn't even think of that. :smack:

 

[JB_From_Hell]

He’s correct. “Reverse Tele bridge” is a futile search, but “left handed” yields a mountain of results.

 

[Bogner]

I am always a fan of this and additionally anytime the low e string has a longer length to the tuning peg from the nut the more I like it.

 

[Artie]

He’s correct. “Reverse Tele bridge” is a futile search, but “left handed” yields a mountain of results.

Got it. Found it.