Schaller Hannes Bridge

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I'm thinking of ordering the Schaller Hannes fixed bridge to install on a Strat (ordering guitar body from Warmoth).
If anyone has personal experience (playing or hearing someone else play) or other info I'd really appreciate you passing your thoughts along. It reads like it might give a little more acoustic sound because of its design. Also seems like low action will not be a problem. I'm hoping for both among lots of other things. :D
 
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Yeah there a expert bridge really nice to play on and worth every bit the purchase price. But imo the 3d6 is just as good
 
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My brother has had a 3D4 on his Fender bass for almost thirty years. Top notch hardware.
 
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Schaller has a new model of the 3d6 out. ''You can decide at any time whether you want to thread the strings through the baseplate from the rear (as before) or from underneath''

That is pretty cool imo because you can experiment with with a hybrid style string arrangement where half can load from underneath and the other from the rear. 3 options covered in one bridge....

http://guitar-bridge.com/hp135016/Guitarbridge-3D-6.htm
 
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The Hannes is an awesome bridge, period. Extremely ergonomic, like resting your palm on a pillow. I reckon the attack would be a bit rounder than a metal bridge, so if you want a true Strat tone that comes from a steel bridge, it won't give you that, but I think it's great. The saddles are separate and the string tension couples them to the top, which, according to Schaller and Monsieur Hannes who designed it (his prototype has ivory saddles), is meant to give you a more woody tone. Plus, it looks cool as hell :). The metal bar for anchoring the saddles is available in different finishes too.

The guitar I played it on was a Crossley neck through P model: http://crossleyguitars.com/gall43.html.
 
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All very helpful comments again thank you. Really seems like this maker/model is a winner.
I do like the idea of a "woody" sound if that is actually increased using this bridge.
I read where it is supposed to give a bit more acoustic flavor than some of the other bridges.
 
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Yeah, I think that was the idea - to make a more transparent sounding bridge. The argument was that with a more traditional metal bridge, where saddles rest on a single plate, there's room for intermodulation/cancellation of frequencies at the bridge itself when you pluck more than one string. By having the saddles separate and resting on the body, there's less possibility of this interference, and more interaction between the body itself and the vibration of the string. That's the theory anyway. Whether you can hear it is another matter, but the bridge itself is very nicely made and just an elegant piece of kit.
 
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Ashurbanipal said:
Yeah, I think that was the idea - to make a more transparent sounding bridge. The argument was that with a more traditional metal bridge, where saddles rest on a single plate, there's room for intermodulation/cancellation of frequencies at the bridge itself when you pluck more than one string. By having the saddles separate and resting on the body, there's less possibility of this interference, and more interaction between the body itself and the vibration of the string. That's the theory anyway. Whether you can hear it is another matter, but the bridge itself is very nicely made and just an elegant piece of kit.
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I read a review that added this bridge helps secure low action.
 
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Miget Kotla said:
Hhehehehee I know I know, go down to the music store and try one out!
Easier to ask the guys who know it all....and if they won't share best to read reviews.
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I think in this case you don't even have to read any review just assume anything from schaller is awesome. There is no chance you would get the buyers remorse from this bridge.
 
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Ashurbanipal said:
The Hannes is an awesome bridge, period. Extremely ergonomic, like resting your palm on a pillow. I reckon the attack would be a bit rounder than a metal bridge, so if you want a true Strat tone that comes from a steel bridge, it won't give you that, but I think it's great. The saddles are separate and the string tension couples them to the top, which, according to Schaller and Monsieur Hannes who designed it (his prototype has ivory saddles), is meant to give you a more woody tone. Plus, it looks cool as hell :). The metal bar for anchoring the saddles is available in different finishes too.

The guitar I played it on was a Crossley neck through P model: http://crossleyguitars.com/gall43.html.
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Peter make nothing but awesome guitars. Wish I could play one, but I've never seen them in the US. Makes me want to be an Ausie.
 
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This is really hard for me to choke out, but, family is more important to me than guitars.

Dang!!! That was hard to say. Not going to think about it anymore...hurts my head.
 
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GuitarDoc said:
Peter make nothing but awesome guitars. Wish I could play one, but I've never seen them in the US. Makes me want to be an Ausie.
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Yep. Quite light too. Pete uses the thickest maple tops I've seen; on some guitars the body is almost half half.

He could make you one, but it would be pretty expensive for US, especially now that our $ is stronger than yours.

There's lots of great guitar builders here but most people still want Fender or Gibson on the headstock. For around 3k you can get a guitar made to your specs out of premium materials, who wouldn't want that?
 
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