Which way to turn bridge?

[Mincer]

Always measure the action before you start, that way you can always get back there if you want to start over.

 

[Napthol]

It appears on my Les Paul to raise bridge you turn it counter-clockwise.

 

[ehdwuld]

:11:

 

[JMP/HBE]

Both sides the same: CW up, CCW down

Opposite.

CCW raise, CW lower.

 

[ehdwuld]

Opposite.

CCW raise, CW lower.

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[BeKindRewind]

That refers to ANY threaded device or fastener. I learned this phrase at the age of 10 when I was working on cars.

it's not an absolute though. There are definitely some cars that use left-hand thread on certain parts to prevent backing out

 

[Chris Pile]

it's not an absolute though. There are definitely some cars that use left-hand thread on certain parts to prevent backing out

True - exceptions to every rule. For instance, the lugnuts on the drivers side of every Studebaker I owned were right-handed threads.

 

[JMP/HBE]

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Yeah saw that later but when you're 2 posts in on a multiple page thread i can only read one post at a time.
Honestly IDK how anyone could say otherwise w/a LP bridge.

 

[GuitarStv]

Bicycles have some exceptions for the left pedal and one side of the bottom bracket. They’ve got reversed thread in order not to loosen them under normal conditione / rotating direction (I found out the hard way ;-))l oh well, I was 15, what did I know)

Heh, I was just thinking this. I've seen more than a few ruined cranks because people kept trying to turn pedals the wrong direction and stripped them out (you often have to use a lot of force to remove pedals if they weren't greased properly and corrode into place).

 

[Artie]

For a long time, Chrysler (I think it was), did the bizarre practice of having the lug nuts on each side of the car twist in opposite directions. It was maddening if you worked in a tire store.

 

[devastone]

Bicycle pedals are opposite threads, so the direction the pedal turns is the direction that tightens the pedal on each side. Left hand threads are rare, but real.

As to guitars, yes, righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.

 

[Napthol]

I would not use that terminology when talking about raising or lowering a bridge. Righty-tighty? You don't tighten a bridge. You either raise or lower a bridge. It is much more correct to use the terms raise and lower. And as I have observed on my Les Paul, counter-clockwise raises the bridge.

 

[beaubrummels]

Well, screwing in is righty and the screw gets tighter if you keep going. Screwing out is lefty, and the screw gets looser if you keep going, so there's that. But I guess that translation is just to much for folks to bear these days. Sigh.