In this new part of the “design your own guitar step by step” series we will be talking about bridge placement.

We will show you how to put “tune o matic” and Floyd Rose bridges in your design… the most important thing in both cases is place the bridge at the end of the guitar scale (length).
In the next pics we will show you how to place a tune-o-matic, a tremolo stratocaster bridge and a Floyd Rose in your design

tune-o-matic bridge

This pic represents the placement position for the standard tune-o-matic bridge, this is a really common bridge so the placement will be the same for almost any brand. the end of the scale is marked with a “X”, there’s a 4mm distance between the end of the scale and the first piece of the bridge, this small difference will be more than enough to make the bridge work with any string gauge. The other two holes that are located 37mm below the bridge are for the stopbar.

tremolo bridge placement

This pic show us the classic cavities for a tremolo bridge, tremolo bridges are really common in fender stratocaster guitars. the distance between the bridge and the end of the scale (7mm) is different from the tune-o-matic distance. This measures will allow us to place a Fender or a Wilkinson tremolo bridge in our design.

Floyd Rose bridge placement

This last image represents a variation of the last one, this time we will put a Floyd Rose in our design. This time the distance between the end of the scale and our bridge is 13mm. If you want to use your floyd rose intensely you’ll need to add a 8mm cavity behind the bridge micro tuners.

In the next part we will show you how to draw the guitar body shape and how to design your own!

Related posts:

1. How to Design your own guitar step by step – part iv.2
2. How to Design your own guitar step by step – part II
3. How to Design your own guitar step by step – part III.2
4. How to Design your own guitar step by step – part iv
5. How to Design your own guitar step by step – part VI

Tags: bridge placement, design, guitar, Guitar Design

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