cod65 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 My recent purchase came with a roller bridge. I got the tonepros locking alum tailpiece on order, and am looking for a new bridge to replace the Schaller roller (I don't really see the point of the rollers, without a bigsby on there) Waht does this astute body recommend ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big bob Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 keep the schaller, or send it to me and I will send you my Tune -o-matic.. but really keep the schaller.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cod65 Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 really ? I have one on my bigsbied 158. its fine and all, but i always assumed iwa losing some tone in its 'complicated' mechanism. Care to elaborate Bob? would love to hear some opinions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big bob Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I have both the schaller roller and the schaller tom. and while I think they both sound fine the roller is sooooooo much better for setting intonation, especialy if you flip flop on string gauge ie.. play like I do 13/12/11/9/even 8's on any given week ... just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Flying Bird Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I have had roller bridges on a few of my guitars and I never had reason to change them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cod65 Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 sounds good, guys, thanks for the opines. Anybody care to review the 'fine tune tailpiece compared to a tone pros locking tail ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentrocks Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 i love the Schaller hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuz Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Jay Wolfe told me point blank that Seymore Duncan did very scientific analysis on the sustain of the Schaller roller vs the Nashville tuneamatic. Results: Tune-amatic had 22% more sustain!!! Jay was care to point out that this wasn't some bogus "by ear shootout" but a scientific analysis. This is why you don't see schaller hardware on Wolfe's Heritages. I have had both. Both work well, but tuneamatics on all my guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shook494 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I really like the stop tail. It just looks and sounds the best to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cod65 Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 how about a 'locking roller bridge' ? anybody try ? http://tinyurl.com/6kx6qt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentrocks Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 how about a 'locking roller bridge' ? anybody try ? http://tinyurl.com/6kx6qt very sweet concept....i had a ABR style roller bridge on a H 150 before, it worked really well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbright Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 sounds good, guys, thanks for the opines. Anybody care to review the 'fine tune tailpiece compared to a tone pros locking tail ? I have one on a CS-336F & it's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombassa Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 really ? I have one on my bigsbied 158. its fine and all, but i always assumed iwa losing some tone in its 'complicated' mechanism. Care to elaborate Bob? would love to hear some opinions I don't think that Schaller bridge is stealing any of your tone or sustain. I do have an issue of Guitarist (2002), the guitar buyers bilbe, in front of me. Main article is a shootout between Les paul Std., PRS, Heritage and McInturff. The Heritage H150 with Schaller bridge and HRW's really outclassed the others, when it came to sound. (it also outperformed a H150 with Duncans). The sound is probably no reason to change the bridge. Better get some spare rollers in case of stringbreak. I have a H140 with Scaller bridge and I see no reason to replace the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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