A review, my afternoon with Jims (miniforklift)'s) Tokai Les Paul.

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Re: A review, my afternoon with Jims (miniforklift)'s) Tokai Les Paul.

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Bridge is round the wrong way though, innit? Not a major, but it's easier to adjust the intonation screws if they're pointing at the tailpiece.

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twangnsnarl wrote:Bridge is round the wrong way though, innit? Not a major, but it's easier to adjust the intonation screws if they're pointing at the tailpiece.
Good catch, looks like I put it back on the wrong way after the last string change

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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:
twangnsnarl wrote:Bridge is round the wrong way though, innit? Not a major, but it's easier to adjust the intonation screws if they're pointing at the tailpiece.
Good catch, looks like I put it back on the wrong way after the last string change
Older style ABR style bridges (like your one) normally have the screws facing the neck, Nashville bridges (like on modern Gibsons) are the ones that have screws facing the tailpiece.

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Lyle wrote:Older style ABR style bridges (like your one) normally have the screws facing the neck, Nashville bridges (like on modern Gibsons) are the ones that have screws facing the tailpiece.
Really? I didn’t know that, thought the screws were meant to face the tailpiece regardless. Might just leave it as it is then seeing as the intonation is spot on

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I think the idea is to avoid the strings' break-angle being such that they actually rest on the screws themselves.

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Re: A review, my afternoon with Jims (miniforklift)'s) Tokai Les Paul.

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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:
twangnsnarl wrote:Bridge is round the wrong way though, innit? Not a major, but it's easier to adjust the intonation screws if they're pointing at the tailpiece.
Good catch, looks like I put it back on the wrong way after the last string change
That would have helped the intonation no end! ;)
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Lyle wrote:Older style ABR style bridges (like your one) normally have the screws facing the neck, Nashville bridges (like on modern Gibsons) are the ones that have screws facing the tailpiece.
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Came across that photo this morning, thought I'd post it here as it seems to support your statement. Do you know what the reasoning is for having the two common LP bridges facing different directions?

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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:
Lyle wrote:Older style ABR style bridges (like your one) normally have the screws facing the neck, Nashville bridges (like on modern Gibsons) are the ones that have screws facing the tailpiece.
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Came across that photo this morning, thought I'd post it here as it seems to support your statement. Do you know what the reasoning is for having the two common LP bridges facing different directions?
Im not sure, possibly because the ABR has larger screws so needs to face the neck so they don't hit the strings. To confuse things further guitars with factory vibrato tail pieces have the ABR flipping around the other way.

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Fascinating that about the bridge, I never knew.
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calling card wrote:Fascinating that about the bridge, I never knew.
You guys are killing me, playing guitars in the afternoon. I was in a rain water tank, bare foot and overalls rolled up hurling buckets of slop out to 10 feet below, splattered a bit as it hit.
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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:
calling card wrote:Fascinating that about the bridge, I never knew.
You guys are killing me, playing guitars in the afternoon. I was in a rain water tank, bare foot and overalls rolled up hurling buckets of slop out to 10 feet below, splattered a bit as it hit.
I quite often think, “things could be worse.” Silver lining and all that. Think you just confirmed that!
Yeah. There was no possum carcasses in his water tank.
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Re: A review, my afternoon with Jims (miniforklift)'s) Tokai Les Paul.

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I think "screws facing the pickup" is the "correct" placement. I checked out a ton of pics and this seems to be the factory way. Dunno if the range of saddle adjustment is altered by the placement but if it does and you can't intonate, then I can't see the harm in having the bridge the other way round.
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