Tune-o-matic bridges...do you wrap the strings around

[AmpliFIRE]

Or just run them straight through? I've run them straight through forever, but my Bonamassa sig came with the strings wrapped around

 

[ratter]

I don't like top-wrapping. I'm used to Fender scale, so the same gauge strings on a short-scale guitar already feel too loose to me and top-wrapping them makes them feel even looser. Maybe if I went up a gauge...

 

[Mr. Willy]

I wrap around. I can't really tell a difference in tone, but I rest my hand close to the bridge and it feels better to me. YMMV.

 

[* velcro-fly *]

wrapped...on both the Pauls and the 339

 

[cyndicate]

I posted a similar thread awhile back, seems to vary. I myself wrap the strings for my G0. Not sure if it makes a difference.

 

[Rufus Leaking]

I like to go bareback myself....

 

[muudrock]

Depends on the guitar. Like thump says, some guitars sound too bright to me this way. But on a dark sounding LP, it's the ticket.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

First of all, you shouldn't wrap strings around the tune-o-matic BRIDGE. Some people do wrap them around the stoptail, though.

I tried top wrapping and I don't like it. It changes the tone and the feel. I didn't mind the change of feel, but it made the tone brighter or something. Didn't dig it and never experimented anymore with it.

gotcha...you know what i was trying to get at . Anyway, this LP does seem a tad brighter than others I've owned. I'll prob just go back to the regular way the next time I swap out the strings...

 

[* velcro-fly *]

First of all, you shouldn't wrap strings around the tune-o-matic BRIDGE. Some people do wrap them around the stoptail, though.

I tried top wrapping and I don't like it. It changes the tone and the feel. I didn't mind the change of feel, but it made the tone brighter or something. Didn't dig it and never experimented anymore with it.

I think it's because theres less downward pressure on the bridge itself. The flip side is that your able to drop the tail piece and studs all the way to the deck - seems to feel more solid. I will say I noticed the biggest difference on my 339 than my LP's, much better on that one.

 

[RockStarNick]

You wanna hear some real lengthy discsussion on top wrapping? Do a search over at TGP... wow.

 

[SFW]

I have tried top wrapping a few times. Each time I have tried this method, I quickly went back to the standard string through method. I don't like the effect that top wrapping has on the feel of my strings. They feel spongier and the response time becomes greater. I want my strings to respond quickly to my pick attack. Some people will argue that there sound be no difference in the tension on the strings, but I felt a big difference. The strings became almost sluggish to play.

 

[Valtiel]

You wanna hear some real lengthy discsussion on top wrapping? Do a search over at TGP... wow.

Sweet Jesus, tell me about it. Theres a novel of stainless steel fret discussion too.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

You wanna hear some real lengthy discsussion on top wrapping? Do a search over at TGP... wow.

link? I'm too lazy to search

 

[Valtiel]

I tried it on my old Burny LP, I only noticed a difference a feel that I could take or leave. Im used to 11's on a 25" scale in standard so it didnt really make much difference to me. Although I wouldnt doubt that in some guitars it would have a tonal impact as well.

 

[mrbobo]

I didn't for a long time, I do now. I play with a medium/high action. With the tailpiece down low, you get a big angle across the bridge. I found I broke strings too easily. To reduce the angle, I could raise the tailpiece; but: I have heard of guys stripping the tailpiece posts (the wood strips). I know I don't want that to ever happen my beloved Les Paul.

So, to combat string breakage, with an action that is not low: I screw the tailpiece all the way down, and wrap around.