TV-Half-Bridge, Nickel - Brass, Compensated Tele® Bridge

TV-Half-Bridge / High Performance Compensated Tele®-Style Bridge

This bridge represents the ultimate solution when it comes to combining true vintage tone, look and feel with the highest standards of functionality and reliability. It dramatically increases intonation, tone and tuning stability on your guitar.

The bare, uncoated "TV-Rail" Saddles guarantee an exact and pure "string to saddle" connection – the result is nothing but straight tone . The special designed V-grooves just have the right fitting for all string gauges. All strings naturally have a perfect, safe and tight contact surface to the saddles and create a perfect fusion to the bridge and hence to the guitar body.

You want to play a set of strings with a wound "G" String? No problem! Just turn the middle saddle once around the longitudinal axis and go for it.

To shape your tone in an even more specific direction, every TV-Bridge comes with additional string saddles made of Aluminum and Steel.

Sound characteristics of TV-Rail Saddles material

BRASS provides an overall harmonic and well balanced tone. The perfect mach for your B/e strings but works fine overall.

• balanced, warm tone
• pleasant, rich harmonics
• softens treble strings by cutting shrillness
• can potentially cause dull sounding thicker E and A strings
• less „twang“ than aluminum or steel saddles

ALUMINUM provides an airy, piano-like sounding, very resonant tone. Ideal for your middle(D/G) position or the lower E/A strings. It is also great when it comes to clean sounds!

Compared to brass it:

• has a dry, but brighter tone with more bite
• decreases mids, increases heights
• increases string separation
• reacts faster and has lots of „twang“

STEEL provides a very focused „cutting through“ tone with lots of shimmering heights. The perfect material for the lower strings E and A.

Compared to brass it:

• has the brightest tone of the three
• emphases heights
• has a sharp and snappy attack
• increases string separation
• has twangier tone with more sparkling harmonics

Performance

• unique compensated TV-Rail saddles for great intonation
• lasting tuning stability
• resonant base plate
• to be used as bottom and top loader
• highly variable radius possibilities from 7,25" to 20"

Materials and Finishes

• Bridge base plate: cold rolled steel - 1,15mm ( ³ /64"), Nickel plated
• Saddles, "TV-Rail": 3x Aluminum, bare / 1x Brass / 1x Steel
• Hight adjustment screws (saddles): Stainless Steel, rounded tip, 6-32 UNC
• Intonation screws: Brass, bare or with Ni- coating, 6-32 UNC
• Springs: 6 Pcs (3 x wide / 3 x narrow) – can be used coupled or separately

Facts and Figures

• Body size: 38 x 76,5 x 10mm (length x width x height)
• String spacing: 2-1/8" - 54mm (e - E) / 10,8mm
• Radius: adjustable from 7,25" up to 20"
• Mounting holes: Standard > outer hole distance: 64,8mm (2,55”), hole spacing: 21,6mm (0,85")
• Weight: 66g (equipped with 3 x Brass saddles)

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