12manyaxes
Junior Member
hi all
first I am not sure this post belongs here . is the aristocrat considered chambered or hollow.,,who cares its a floating bridge thing
either way I figure I will post an easy effective easily reversed cure for the floating bridge problem many people have with the bridge sliding around during some spirited play.. throws the intonation off and can also scratch the hell out of the top of your axe..
take the bridge off under the post all you have to do is get some double sided tape .. the thinnest you can find (for the aristocrat anyway as the action on mine had to be lowered as far down as it can go for me to get the action where I wanted it)
now I would never recommend putting any tape directly to the top due to different glues in tape may actually eat the finish.
so to prevent this from happening put the tape on the bridge post the cut a balloon ( the rubber kind) and stick that on the tape so it when the post is on the guitar only the balloon will be touching the guitar, the balloon will not slide on the surface of the guitar once the string tension is on the bridge and it will be almost undetectable once trimmed .
after this upgrade you will still be able to position the bridge where you want to. just loosen the strings. and it wont slide unless you go nuts on it.. hope this helps
first I am not sure this post belongs here . is the aristocrat considered chambered or hollow.,,who cares its a floating bridge thing
either way I figure I will post an easy effective easily reversed cure for the floating bridge problem many people have with the bridge sliding around during some spirited play.. throws the intonation off and can also scratch the hell out of the top of your axe..
take the bridge off under the post all you have to do is get some double sided tape .. the thinnest you can find (for the aristocrat anyway as the action on mine had to be lowered as far down as it can go for me to get the action where I wanted it)
now I would never recommend putting any tape directly to the top due to different glues in tape may actually eat the finish.
so to prevent this from happening put the tape on the bridge post the cut a balloon ( the rubber kind) and stick that on the tape so it when the post is on the guitar only the balloon will be touching the guitar, the balloon will not slide on the surface of the guitar once the string tension is on the bridge and it will be almost undetectable once trimmed .
after this upgrade you will still be able to position the bridge where you want to. just loosen the strings. and it wont slide unless you go nuts on it.. hope this helps