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How To Install A Faber® Tone Lock Bridge

  Buying a  Faber® Tone Lock bridge  is a commitment to improving the tone of your guitar. Guitar Bridge is one of the  guitar parts . Installation of the bridge is not too difficult and can be carried out even with minimal experience in working with guitars. NOTE: These instructions are using the Faber® NSWKIT™ conversion posts. If you installing BSWKIT™, iNsert™, or E-Sert™, follow the separate instructions for installation of those conversion posts before proceeding. If you are installing Faber® ESWKIT™, you may follow these instructions. Step 2 Take the Faber®  conversion bridge  posts and  screw  these into the bushings located on the body of the guitar. Don’t worry about how far you screw them into the guitar, for now, you can adjust this to suit your needs later in the process. Step 3 The  Tone Lock bridge  will sit on the newly installed bridge posts. When installing, the saddle adjustment screws should be placed facing the pickups. This will allow for easier saddle adjustment

Why Upgrading Saddles Of Your Guitar Is Necessary?

  Guitar saddles  are one of the vital components of a guitar’s bridge. It acts as a spacer for the strings. The saddle also aids the transmission of string vibrations from the bridge to the soundboard or pickups. On acoustic guitars, saddles are usually made of plastic or bone and are glued into the bridge. With electric guitars, the saddles are typically metal and affixed to the bridge with screws. Saddles can also be adjusted on electric guitars to correct intonation problems or make small adjustments to the string action. Why Should You Upgrade Your Saddle? A guitar saddle is designed to transfer the vibrations through the bridge into the top wood of the guitar. This quick and simple upgrade will have an amazing effect on your instrument’s tone, harmonic content, and playability. Compensated saddles improve playability by correctly setting each string’s intonation to help produce the best tone and performance possible.  Faber Guitar produces a wide range of fully compensated, parti

Different Types Of Guitar Bridges You Must Know

  At times your guitar might give some trouble and then comes the time to upgrade and customize your guitar. Some professionals also do it for better sound quality and playing experience. The major issue which most people face is with the name of the guitar parts .  These guitar terms can be confusing at times. You need to know the names correctly to replace or repair them. You need to source the online  guitar parts  as well so there is no challenge. Have you heard the term “Tune-o-Matic”? It is quite common and this actually describes the bridge system which is like the Gibson style. It will help in adjusting the saddles individually for every string. Now the user can work on the intonation of every string distinctly. So here we will talk about the  Guitar Bridges  of different types so you can understand the difference and make a choice. An ABR Bridge: The vintage setup of the guitar can be met by the Faber guitar  ABR style bridge   and if your guitars are ABR-1 equipped then you w