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The Compton is my favorite bridge for a Bigsby-equipped guitar.
Where is the Redneck Riviera? I grew up in Tallahassee, FL and we used to refer to Panama City by that moniker.
However, the design of the Bigsby saddle is just plain weird. The bottom is somewhat rounded, supposed to help with vibrato usage...so it's designed to rock on the thumb-wheels on the posts...and uses shorter mounting poles to facilitate the rocking motion. The problem is, there's no "zero" to return to, so tuning is not stable. AND...if you play too hard, you knock the saddle off the short posts!
I found taller mounting screws online and modified them to work and it really helps stabilize the bridge and tuning. But, with the Bigsby saddle, I'm stuck with plain G string intonation. It's not horrible, but it's not exact. So, I'll be changing to a TOM.
The Compton is my favorite bridge for a Bigsby-equipped guitar.
I think that Compton would work for me too. First, I'll get a thicker wood bridge. Then the Compton.
Thanks.
No. The Compton bridge will still need to be mounted on a rosewood or ebony base with threaded adjustment posts to raise or lower it. I don't really know if the mounting posts spacing on a Compton bridge will match the posts on a Bigsby base, but I think you might be able to do that. Compton post spacing measurements are here. IIRC Bigsby post spacing come if two different sizes as well.Hello,
Am I right in saying that if I get a Compton bridge on my Starfire III (NS) then the rosewood one will be taken away? I really dislike it. I think it looks silly compared to the rest of the guitar.
The thing is, I really want rid of the rosewood bridge as I think it looks silly. Are there no other options? If you look at the Guild in the link above, It look like it has a metal one?