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
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
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
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"
