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tailpiece or not? through the body?

Posted by pauljcote on November 13, 2011 at 5:43pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

I am curious what is the advantage to using the tailpiece through the body to mount the strings on the end?  To me it seems it makes more sense to just extend the strings through the body right on the other side of the bridge / saddle in order to get a steeper break?  What is the advantage of going 'through the body' over not?

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  • Mr.C November 13, 2011 at 9:59pm
    ferrules, in the back of the box. About 1 or 2to , below the bridg.you can get them from cbgittys.
  • Slowpaw Steve T November 13, 2011 at 9:08pm

    i made a couple of early builds with body string through and neck through, for me the "neck tail end through" method sounded much better and produced better sustain, and i haven't made a string through one since, though a "tail-end" hinged arrangement can also work well, try it and see (-:

  • Doug Patterson November 13, 2011 at 8:52pm

    I'm curious about this too because I don't really care for the look of the neck-through.  But . . if it improves the sound.

  • Mr.C November 13, 2011 at 6:45pm
    You get more sustain string thtu.
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