Fixed bridges

[sty]

I can only comment on what I've played to date. limited experience I suppose...

anyway of all my guitars I prefer the LP style tunomatic and tailpiece on my ZW Custom, it feels higher off the body which for some reasons is more comfortable and there's plenty of string behind the bridge which seems to mak eit easier for me to get my positioning for muting and generally it feels more comfy. My only curretn criticism of it is that I have top wrapped it and it seems a little bodged.

my 2nd fave is my Ash Radian SG which has the wrapround/stoptail thing. I actually quite like this but my hand feels like it's floating off the back of it at times and it feels a bit close to the body, but that could be the SG shape maybe.

What would be interesting to try is a wrapround/stoptail with a tunomatic on my ZW Custom, it would be neater if nothing else.

[Ironbird13]

i prefer a tunomatic with string through, it looks simple and tidy, havn't tried the wraparound bridge yet, but dont know if i would like that, i like to have the strings past the bridge so i can press on them (like a single string wammy )
ive only had one guitar with a FR and that just enforced why ive always had fixed bridges,( so is it all fixed now Sarge?)

[r4nd0m]

FR's are cool man. Strat Trem sucks. Wraparounds are defintely better than the other fixed bridge types, so nice to rest my palm on, but with the wraparound I'm missing the few inches of strings between the bridge and stoptail to reshape my picks.

[Lawrence]

hard or soft it must be smooth and gentle on the hand. ...this means I dislike tunomatics and vintage strat bridges..
After a while they cut through my hand whle muting etc......

I also dislike any trem that shifts with palm muting......and I prefer string height not to change when using the whammy...

so my favourites are (in no particular order)

Steinberger S trem
Kahler
Hipshot hardtail strat bridge (lovely piece of engineering)
Wilkensons....

[sgt mukuzi]

i prefer a tunomatic with string through, it looks simple and tidy, havn't tried the wraparound bridge yet, but dont know if i would like that, i like to have the strings past the bridge so i can press on them (like a single string wammy )
ive only had one guitar with a FR and that just enforced why ive always had fixed bridges,( so is it all fixed now Sarge?)

yea bro, shizile it was a mission in the end, got two spare bits off a friend so its a bodgied up and works a treat, nearly snagged an original floyd off raid-me but some POS started bidding on it damn!
its a great guitar and my son likes it so thats the main thing, ive been using it at practice, those pick ups are fantastic, real magnets and all. in the end it was worth it, now i have my horizon, i dont need nuffin



its hard to get an 8 year old into playing a guitar, the floyd is the ticket he does steve vai moves as he carries it by its whammy bar

[sgt mukuzi]

FR's are cool man. Strat Trem sucks. Wraparounds are defintely better than the other fixed bridge types, so nice to rest my palm on, but with the wraparound I'm missing the few inches of strings between the bridge and stoptail to reshape my picks.

thats it! you have to come and jam with my band!

[Danger Mouse]

I must say that the fixed edge that Ibanez are dropping has my attention, good luck getting your hands on one though.

I know of at least 2 in Auckland, both at Music Works (Takapuna and Hobson St). They have caught my eye as well, seems like a pretty neat idea.

[bender]

I must say that the fixed edge that Ibanez are dropping has my attention, good luck getting your hands on one though.

I know of at least 2 in Auckland, both at Music Works (Takapuna and Hobson St). They have caught my eye as well, seems like a pretty neat idea.

Picture?

[Danger Mouse]

I must say that the fixed edge that Ibanez are dropping has my attention, good luck getting your hands on one though.

I know of at least 2 in Auckland, both at Music Works (Takapuna and Hobson St). They have caught my eye as well, seems like a pretty neat idea.

Picture?

This is on the MTM (Mick Thomson/Slipknot sig series).

[Ironbird13]

it must be smooth and gentle on the hand. ...this means I dislike tunomatics and vintage strat bridges..
After a while they cut through my hand whle muting etc......

i actually prefer the protruding sharp saddles, lets me know where exactly my hand is placed for muting, though the ones on my Ironbird have worn down a mill or two over the years
had a play on a mates Jem yesterday and found the FR saddles tooo smooth and flat, couldn't tell if i was muting on the bridge or on the strings

[bender]

This is on the MTM (Mick Thomson/Slipknot sig series).

Why? I can unnerstan an FR but a fixed one? WTF?

[Danger Mouse]

Main reasons I can see is feel (if you've only ever played FR guitars, Tune-O-Matics and the like can feel awkward) and stability, as a good quality, well set-up FR never goes out of tune. The only things that annoy me about FR guitars are the fact that to change the tuning takes 1/2 an hour minimum and if you break a string mid-song, you're fecked. Both those issues are solved by the fixed FR.

[Bocob]

My rip off Jackson Rhoads V has a Floyd Rose but i never use it, so it's pretty much a fixed bridge to be cause I don't even use the tuning thingys on the bridge lol. I just unlock the tuning lock up thingy ma jigs at the top of the neck slightly so I can use the tuning pegs on the neck, quite convenient

[Rog]

I no longer enjoy playing Trems, so both of mine are effectively hard-tailed. I prefer the Fender style for ease of palm muting. My other guitars are tune-a-matics and they too are fine, but just not as good for my style of playing.