I have been thinking about the next generation EGS bridge for some time. Some thoughts going into the design were:
- Better room for fingers when mounted on a regular guitar (i.e. no cut-away behind the bridge) and with recessed Floyd-Roses
- Actual Floyd-Rose measurements of the base plate
- Ability to intonate with strings at full tension
Please let me know what you think.
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March 10th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I like it, and it would be preferable for a regular guitar. But it doesn’t seem to flow as well as the first generation. And depending on the angle of the tuners it might be kind of uncomfortable to play if they are sticking out from the guitar so much. But it would be cool to have a version of this on a regular/standard shaped guitar.
-Alex
March 11th, 2009 at 12:36 am
I think it’s a great idea about having it with Floyd rose dimensions baseplate but not too keen on the tuners sticking up a great deal, it wouldn’t fit in a hardcase.
March 16th, 2009 at 8:00 am
I think it looks GREAT! Yea, I guess it’ll be difficult to fit it in a hardcase, but I’d still give it a thumbs up simple because it looks so damn AWESOME! Maybe you could lower the angle of elevation of the tuners a little bit, so that it might still fit inside most hardcases.
March 16th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Thanks for all comments so far! I will work on some more suggestions with a lower angle, and will make sure to include some pictures that show how far the tuners actually protrude upwards. Previously, I have put a lot of energy into working out a transposing tremolo with individual action for each string. Maybe I will incorporate some of those thoughts…
In the meantime, check out this other Swedish company Sonoinvent’s invention “Tremologic” (http://www.playtremologic.com/). It is a work of art, although I have not seen it in real life.
April 6th, 2009 at 8:20 am
I’m VERY interested in this design. I’m very much looking forward to seeing a headless tuner on the market that is practical to use on a standard guitar. Awesome work, Ola, and I hope this becomes available soon.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
It shurely looks interesting. I’ve never been very much into drilling any extra wood from my guitars as I tend to think that the more there’s wood, the better the tone. It would be nice to see this one coming to reality. Also, as a left hander I hope to see this desingn as well the first generation bridges available as well.