Tangible differences with different bridges?

JosephRose

JosephRose

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Looking for some real world info concerning the tangible differences with different bridges.

What would any certain 3rd party bridge offer over, say the standard issue on a modern Fender. Could you listen to a recording and identify what bridge is being used? Is it a matter of... feel? What exactly is perceptibly different or better?
 
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I used to always get a high mass bridge ASAP, but the last time I changed a bent plate bridge (on a Cort made of Poplar) I couldn't tell the difference.

These days, If I'm going to put a new bridge on it will need to have an added benefit, adjustable string spacing or quick release for the ball ends.

My current main player has gold hardware (mono-rail saddles) & I was convincing myself to change it to cosmo black, but I never got there. (since I feel like changing for aesthetics is sort of bourgeois)
 
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JosephRose said:
Looking for some real world info concerning the tangible differences with different bridges.

What would any certain 3rd party bridge offer over, say the standard issue on a modern Fender. Could you listen to a recording and identify what bridge is being used? Is it a matter of... feel? What exactly is perceptibly different or better?
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Most of those changes in the bridges are contingent upon how good your money can hear. The more expensive the bridge, the more adamant some are that they can hear a difference. IME, there are two reasons to change a bridge; your bridge is defective thus not doing its job, or 'cause, that is, you want to blow some money and a bridge is as good a place as any.
 
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sissy kathy said:
Most of those changes in the bridges are contingent upon how good your money can hear. The more expensive the bridge, the more adamant some are that they can hear a difference. IME, there are two reasons to change a bridge; your bridge is defective thus not doing its job, or 'cause, that is, you want to blow some money and a bridge is as good a place as any.
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Reason three: Looks cool. Probably the most common reason for bridge swaps.
 
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Killed_by_Death said:
...My current main player has gold hardware (mono-rail saddles) & I was convincing myself to change it to cosmo black, but I never got there. (since I feel like changing for aesthetics is sort of bourgeois)
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Changing those mono-rails is a little bit of a PITA. Each one has it’s own separate ground wire.
 
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