Bigsby bridges
Darryl Hattenhauer said:
What do you mean "a bridge for a wound third"? Are there different bridges for wound and unwound thirds? I've been putting wound thirds on all of my guitars for so long that I've even put them on solid bodies because it didn't feel right without them. So I hope I haven't been using the wrong bridges.
Hello Darryl,
If you've been using wound 3rd strings on older guitars you probably had the right bridge. The original 'vintage' Bigsby bridges were compensated for wound 3rd strings, so you would only have intonation problems if you used an unwound ( = plain) 3rd string.
Here's a photo that shows both types, with the 'vintage' style at the top and the more recent updated version at the bottom:
[img:850:444]http://www.guitarchives.nl/fotos/BigsbyBridges.jpg[/img]
Sincerely,
Hans Moust