Bigsby 6120W Compensated Saddle Plain G for Starfire III - which way round?

[Guildedlily]

Hi guys,

I have a compensated (plain G) saddle for my 66 Starfire III, and I'm wondering which way around it goes. There are no markings on it as to which side is the top and it looks remarkably similar in both directions. Is it symmetrical and therefore doesn't matter which way?

It's 006-2691-000 product code.

Was a little disappointed by the burrs around the holes, but I'll file them off no problem.

 

[Wilmywood]

There is a listing on Reverb that calls it a RH bridge, which would indicate to me it's not symmetrical, but I can find no reference to a LH, either.

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[GAD]

The plain 3rd should be back a bit farther than the wound fourth is forward I'd think.

Why do you have -2 Guilds in your profile?

 

[Guildedlily]

Ok, so i took a picture of the bridge in opposite orientation and photoshopped them together. I can't tell the difference. It looks almost identical either way around. What do you guys think?

 

[Guildedlily]

The plain 3rd should be back a bit farther than the wound fourth is forward I'd think.

Why do you have -2 Guilds in your profile?

Ha! That's so peculiar. I have no idea why it says that, and I can't see how I can change it. Maybe someone knows something I don't?

 

[GAD]

Ha! That's so peculiar. I have no idea why it says that, and I can't see how I can change it. Maybe someone knows something I don't?

Well up until I saw that you could put in negative numbers (now you can't).

I can fix it for you if you'd like - what's the right number?

 

[GAD]

There is a very slight difference. I agree that tit's difficult to discern, though.

 

[Guildedlily]

There is a very slight difference. I agree that tit's difficult to discern, though.

So which end is the top or low E and which is high?

 

[rbrcbr]

Here's the bigsby bridge on a '57 Gretsch 6121 - if this is anything to go off, I believe your bridge in the "first" example (the orientation on the left) is set up closest to this. If you look closely, the the bridge position on the left and that of the duo jet both show a bit more "meat" in front of the bridge than behind. This is especially notable on the B string section of the saddle in my photo and yours. Now, that could be chalked up to the angle at which you're photographing it, but if I had to wager I would assume it's supposed to be the way you have the left example set up.

 

[Guildedlily]

So which end is the top or low E and which is high?

My guess is Right hand top is high E

 

[LesB3]

Here's the bigsby bridge on a '57 Gretsch 6121

This is actually a different Bigsby bridge altogether. That's the "standard" model which you can always tell due to the "B" string being much different than the others.

My guess is Right hand top is high E

I think you are right. Sometimes you get lucky and the grooves are cut for the string (i.e. the low E will be "widest").

 

[SFIV1967]

My guess is Right hand top is high E

I would say the opposite. Low E on top and high e on the bottom of below picture. My reason: Distance from the left edge of E and G is less than from the right edge of e. The G should be very back which it is in below picture, rotated the G is not enough back, the G string would be too short!



Ralf

 

[LesB3]

I would say the opposite. Low E on top and high e on the bottom of below picture. My reason: Distance from the left edge of E and G is less than from the right edge of e. The G should be very back which it is in below picture, rotated the G is not enough back, the G string would be too short!



Ralf

That could be right. Looking closer, the "E" slot seems to be a deeper / wider cut than the "e" slot.