Hi

can anybody explain me why the screws where you adjust the length of the strings are in this tremolo version (dont know the name/what is the name?) are NOT at the string center but outside the string center.One may asume that center would be better




This is my Hwy 1 there the screws are in the center





thanks for enlightening me

Roland

good question. the only reason i see is the placement for the saddles on the trem.
i have seen replacement saddles from graph tech with wholes in middle and they don't fit to every modern trem style strat (except you drill wholes on the left side).

cheers

The offset is designed into it.
The advantage to studs is that they let you pull back easier, and farther than the original.
Traditional fulcrums are good, but don't really like to go backwards(if Floating).

I'd say its to stop the screw's intrusion onto where the string comes out of the tremblock.

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Thats what i was thinking too, but i couldn't figure out why they don't do that with vintage style bridges. then it hit me that they would have to do that IF the bridge was not as deep from front to back. So i looked at the pics and sure enough the 2 point is indeed quite a bit sorter looking. So because of this the screws could intrude on the string if centered. Tho i still think why not just make the screws shorter? After all, if they would hit the string they'd have to be too long. But in any case thats what it seems to me. On a related note, I have a ESP bridge thats a 2 point and looks similar to the fender, but the screws ARE centered. I gotta say it's a much better sounding bridge than the fender. Fuller sounding. Tho that may be because it has wood screws instead of machine screws which may account for the fuller sound because the screws go right into the wood instead of brass inserts which may well interfere with the body/bridge connection. And i always set my bridges flat against the body too, so they get a lot of body/bridge connection there, yet the ESP still sounds much better which may speak to the screw difference.

The guitar sounds really great(wood Pickups) but I think due to this bridge with the offset string tension on the intonation screws the rider(I do not know the correct term the piece which shortens and lengthens the string) are touching each other specially if you use the tremolo hard.

This sucks/dampens a bit of tone.As I have 3 other guitars I will make this one a Clapton and block the tremolo probabaly chnage also the bridge(although I am a huge Fender fan)

Best regards

Roland