You can have them facing whatever direction you want. Depending on the guitar you might need the extra intonation range or screwdriver access, but there’s no universal “correct” orientation for a TOM bridge. The thing you may have done by flipping the bridge would be putting the intonation off.
People also ask, how do you put a bridge on a guitar?
Similarly, which side of the acoustic guitar bridge should be higher? The lower strings need to be higher because of the lower stress on the string from tuning to low notes. Typically it’s the bass side strings, and the difference is slight, just enough to help the strings from crashing into the frets.
Keeping this in consideration, which way does a Tune-o-matic bridge go?
The bridge should sit flush against the thumbwheels. It shouldn’t rock. The posts should extend about 1/2″ from the guitar top. If posts are too high, they will protrude above the top of the bridge.
Which way does Les Paul bridge go?
Member. I believe the “correct” way is with the screw heads facing the pickups. If it’s put on the other way the strings may contact the heads as they pass over the bridge to the tail piece. As for the saddles, it depends on intonation.
Which way round does an acoustic guitar bridge go?
The simple math of fret scales suggests that the saddle should be placed exactly twice as far from the nut as the 12th fret. However, because strings are not perfectly flexible, and because that imperfection varies from string to string, the saddle needs to be moved away from that theoretical point.
Which way should bridge saddles face?
All saddles slanted side should face the tailpiece, except the 5th and 6th strings are reversed at the factory, though often are turned around to face as all the others are IF the string slots are pretty much dead-center in the saddle AND it will intonate that way.
Which way should the bridge face on an electric guitar?
It doesn’t matter which direction the screws are facing. It makes zero difference provided the strings fit in the slots and the bridge is intonated correctly. The bridge works either way around.
Which way turn truss rod?
Remember in a single action truss rod: tightening the rod (turning clockwise) straightens the neck, loosening (turning anti-clockwise) permits it to bow.
Why are guitar bridges slanted?
The simplest explanation is that with the slanted pickup positioning, you get more response from the treble strings and more control over the low-end strings. The closer the pickups are to the bridge, the brighter and more treble-heavy the sound becomes.