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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on September 16, 2012 at 5:36pm

intonation   is the  main factor ..  different size strings  ride at different height  ..  and may go slightly out of tune  when depressed ..  or even   when noted  with a slide .   a  floating   bridge that you can   move  or  tilt  can solve this  ..  some  are set  and glued  down    if they find a sweet spot   for their   common  string sizes    and  that guitar .

others are  left  free to   be able to make adjustments  .

some are  just factory  straight  .. and  adjustments are made     in  the nut or bridge   grooves .

others   have setting  adjusters  for each   string .

 

some  have none  ,, and are  left raw.     

 

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by frank tennyson on September 17, 2012 at 1:14am

I'm brand new to both playing guitar and making CBG's. My two builds so far have had to have the bridge angled in order to be in tune at the 12th fret. I set the angle of the bridge with a tuner so the higher strings are in tune as well as the bass. Otherwise you have to learn how to angle your slide when going up and down the neck.

Permalink Reply by OldNick on September 17, 2012 at 3:10am

http://www.lutherie.net/saddle_angle.html

Permalink Reply by Tim LaFave on September 27, 2012 at 12:27am

It's called a"compensated bridge", and you will find it on commercially built guitars as well, for the reasons explained by "the anonymous pick".