Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

[Infinite Dreams]

Hey everyone,
My shecter c-1 classic has a tonepros bridge with a string-through body. I saw on a post a few weeks back that if the strings rest on the edge of the bridge it kills your sustain. So i looked at mine and noticed that my strings rest on the bridge. Then at a friends house today, i played his ESP with a similar bridge and string through and noticed that the sound was much better and the notes sustained longer even when it wasn't plugged in. Is there a way to fix this? from looking at the deal, i can't really figure out a way to get the string to only rest on the intonation adjuster. Here's a link to a pic that shows my problem (every string rests on the corner of the bridge).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/dketelsen/Bridgecopy.jpg

 

[Jeff_H]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

Wow....I was going to suggest lowering your bridge, but it can't go much lower. Design flaw?

 

[Scott_F]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

raise the stop bar tail piece a bit and that'll get the strings off the back of the bridge. big no no.

 

[Scott_F]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

oops, you said string through.

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

I'd like to know, as well, as my Schecter with Tonepros TOM does the same thing.

 

[mnbaseball91]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

Maybe there's some easy fix, but it looks to me like it's just a design flaw. I can't see how it would have a huge difference in sound though; bridges are designed to transfer vibrations to the body anyway.

 

[Scott_F]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

Try slipping another ferrule on top of the ones that are there and build up the back end a bit? Might work. tele ferrules ought to work.

 

[Scott_F]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

or file down the back side of the bridge, but you'd have to file it really smooth so you don't break strings

 

[Jeff_H]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

Great suggestion Scott. Bigger ferrules. Cutting what equates to string slots in the back of the bridge is a great option, but time consuming. Wierd....you'de think they would take string angle into account when designing the thing.

 

[Infinite Dreams]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

yeah i can't see a quick fix for this at all, and i don't think i'd want to end up grinding it down. Aside from that, what's a ferrule?

 

[Jag513]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

Yeah, mine does the same thing. I just live with it. It's not like it gets bad sustain or tone anyway.

yeah i can't see a quick fix for this at all, and i don't think i'd want to end up grinding it down. Aside from that, what's a ferrule?

The holes through the body that your strings go through when you restring. They're large on one side to take the string, and small on the other to keep the ball end there.

Maybe there's some easy fix, but it looks to me like it's just a design flaw. I can't see how it would have a huge difference in sound though; bridges are designed to transfer vibrations to the body anyway.

Hey, good to see you're on this forum. Much better than the UG forum IMO, and that's the reason why I don't go there as much anymore.

 

[FretFire]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

Mine does the same thing.

The string through body has ferrules on the front and on the back, it's not one continuous piece. What they are suggesting is to get another ferrule and slip it into the existing one on the front, to raise where the string breaks out of the body a bit. It's a good idea actually, just need to measure which of the two possible sizes you'd need.


EDIT: I even noticed that I have my bridge mounted the opposite direction of yours (locking set screws towards the bottom strap button), and the same thing happens. The tailpiece is just too wide IMO.

 

[suislidE03]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

Ive got the same deal on my Jackson.. interesting post.

 

[Xeromus]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

There's not really much you can do aside from hacking your guitar apart and risk damaging the finish with new ferrules. Which might not even solve the "problem". It's all about geometry. And I've noticed with Schecter and ESP LTD guitars if you look at the details every guitar is very different. They have pretty wide tolerances for geometry. They will ship a guitar with issues like that.

 

[Infinite Dreams]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

thanks for all the info everyone, i'm probably not going to touch it and just leave it as it is. kinda bothers me that it does it, but i probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference with it fixed anyway. thanks again!

 

[Xeromus]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

My Carvin CT has string through but the way they prevent that from happening is they recess the TOM into the body, which is a great idea. It makes the bridge lower profile also, and reduces the set neck angle, it's really a very simple and effective innovation.

 

[danglybanger]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

seems to me that the bridge is low enough that pressure from the strings can't really f*ck up anything... maybe cause tuning problems? but mine doesn't have tuning problems.

edit-mine don't hit after all... close though.

slade

 

[Mr 9finger]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

Have you looked to see if you can get saddle shims or taller saddles? I know they make varying heights for saddles.

 

[FretFire]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

The stock bridge on my C1+ (non-Tonepros, the guitar is 5 or 6 years old) didn't have this problem, and was just over half as wide as the Tonepros I put on it. That said I haven't noticed any problems with tuning/sustain/etc.

 

[MattPete]

Re: Strings Hitting Tonepros Bridge

Is it even an issue at all? I can't imagine why having the strings would make a difference. It will take a bit of the pressure off of the saddles, but would it actually be enough to hurt sustain?