Hi folks:
I'm building a 6-string electric license plate guitar with a hardtail bridge. Most of the builds I've seen use floating bridges and tailpieces, so I'm having a little trouble figuring this out on my own. Does the area under the bridge need to be perfectly flat? I can see the added height causing problems with neck angle and so forth; I'm already cutting a hole for the humbucker, so I could just cut out another hole for the bridge and screw it down to a block in the neck. Or I could just install the thing and not worry.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi Vincent, I would always have the bridge on a flat firm surface for better response from the strings, better sustain. I aim for a bridge/saddle height of between 1/2" to 5/8", then adjust the neck angle to give the desired string action over the 12th fret, possibly 2mm for a non-slide setup.
I would set this up by having the saddles adjusted mid-way up so that you have height adjustment both ways should you need it.
I hope this helps Taff
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Or use a wrap bridge/tailpiece that will be up off the surface.
You can mount it right on the plate, just make sure your block is solid enough to hold the bridge down securely? Take a look at Maddog’s page, he’s a master of the License plate cbg? Good luck on this :)