Types Of Guitar Bridges Parts & Their Use

First Electric Guitar & Bridge Design

Created in 1950, after researching and developing between 1932 – 1949, Leo Fender and his artisans started the whole solid-body with bolt-on neck designs, ultimately impacting the future of electric guitars in the marketplace.

What Is A String Through Bridge?

This is a feature where all the strings are mounted on the bridge and nut, but where the strings are laced through holes on the back of the body called Ferrules or Eyelets; circular rings made from metal to run strings through the guitar body and across the saddles.

Many believe this design improves a guitar’s sonic sustain and resonance.

The other different types of electric guitar bridges as one of important guitar parts fall into categories off…

Stop tail
Trapeze or
Vibrato

The Telecaster design would become the world’s first mass-produced and commercially successful solid-body electric guitar, and the bridge design is still being used today.

Despite how well some stock guitars are made, the market for custom instruments has grown.

Customizing Your Instrument

Many guitar players will be inspired to upgrade their guitar’s stock hardware. The reasons behind this differ for every musician, although it is frequently related to tone, feel, or preference.

Although most common upgrades are pickups and design features, bridges are a piece of hardware players look to improve on or personalize their instruments.

Electric Guitar Bridge Material

Depending on your original hardware, guitar tailpiece parts come in various configurations and metals.

Most guitars come with chrome or gold-plated tailpieces, often die-cast from zinc or other comparable metals.

Zinc is a metal that does not react well with guitar strings, robbing your instrument of some of its hard-earned tones.

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