Common guitar beliefs that you feel are misconceptions

[scienceguy]

I may get some argument on this one, but here goes anyway.

"Stringing your LP tailpiece over or under makes a difference in the tension in the string."

The pitch you want the string to be (e.g., 320 Hz for 1st string) is dictated by the string's linear mass density and the tension. For a given string, if you change the tension, the pitch will change. How the string is wrapped beyond the bridge or nut is irrelevant.

[speedemon]

I have only ever heard one BS line about guitar, and I don't know if it' s universal or not;

"Even though we are a tribute to my band from long ago, and I won't make a new album, YOU are holding the band back by not having a Les Paul."

The rest posted here, I can find anecdotal examples of.


Have fun!

[ZosoRush]

Bugera.

I have the 6262 combo and it is a killer amp.
you can get ANY sound on it, you name it, you can do it.

Now to sit back and enjoy the show.

[travisvwright]

Originally Posted by scienceguy

I may get some argument on this one, but here goes anyway.

"Stringing your LP tailpiece over or under makes a difference in the tension in the string."

The pitch you want the string to be (e.g., 320 Hz for 1st string) is dictated by the string's linear mass density and the tension. For a given string, if you change the tension, the pitch will change. How the string is wrapped beyond the bridge or nut is irrelevant.

lol I think you should change your name.

[Polynitro]

amp myth: casters make a twin reverb easier to lug around. Um, no it doesnt. ever play a gig down a flight of stairs like in a speakeasy type bar? casters dont help getting it in and out of the van either, and rolling it down a broken up sidewalk casters are gonna rattle the hell out of the tubes. Its just as easy to use a skateboard.

[scott]

I prefer the sound/feel of an ABR-1, and it has nothing to do with vintage.If i was having a Randy Rhoads with EMG's custom made, it would have an ABR-1.I like the stiffness and the more stable coupling with the body. I have AB'd with teh same guitar and preferred the sound of the ABR-!, and I'm not talking jjust the bridge, but taken the bushings out and plugged the holes.

By design, I dont mind the Nashville, its just that everyone I have played had so much play and wiggle room in the bushings that I didnt like. Different strokes...

This makes no sense to me.
The ABR has so much wiggle in it its not funny. The saddles move, the bridge posts dont fit snug in the holes in the bridge AT ALL. They suffer from bridge lean because the thumbwheels rock back and forth on the posts(and like previously mentioned the posts fit supper sloppy in the bridge). Ive never seen one that fits the posts like a nashville does and Ive never had any bushings that had any wiggle room on a Nashville at all .....if they are put in the guitar properly.
It makes me laugh when guys are worried about the posts going into the body farther when the actual bridge can be moved around on the posts, back and forth , to and fro.
The ABR is a crappy design just because the saddles top load and can fall out and get sloppy in a short period of time.
However, now that I said that, I really like the feel of them because they are smaller. Someone needs to mix the designs and get rid of the top loading saddle thing cause it sucks. The posts need to be updated as well.

[AParrotLooksAt4O]

Vintage = mojo

[27sauce]

Originally Posted by scott

This makes no sense to me.
The ABR has so much wiggle in it its not funny. The saddles move, the bridge posts dont fit snug in the holes in the bridge AT ALL. They suffer from bridge lean because the thumbwheels rock back and forth on the posts(and like previously mentioned the posts fit supper sloppy in the bridge). Ive never seen one that fits the posts like a nashville does and Ive never had any bushings that had any wiggle room on a Nashville at all .....if they are put in the guitar properly.
It makes me laugh when guys are worried about the posts going into the body farther when the actual bridge can be moved around on the posts, back and forth , to and fro.
The ABR is a crappy design just because the saddles top load and can fall out and get sloppy in a short period of time.
However, now that I said that, I really like the feel of them because they are smaller. Someone needs to mix the designs and get rid of the top loading saddle thing cause it sucks. The posts need to be updated as well.

Not my experience at all. But if thats yours, cool!

[EADGBE]

A really big inertia block in a tremolo sounds better than the stock one. I tried this and it didn't improve the tone. As a matter of fact it made it sound worse.

[newfmp3]

"Don't buy a Les Paul, they are ALL too heavy, buy a strat instead"

That one bugs me.

[semi-hollowbody]

Originally Posted by Jim Soloway

I don't think any of those are myths.

yes they are

[Rock Johnson]

Floyd Rose trems sound terrible.

[Deathmonkey]

Here's a myth: "my tin eared anecdotal evidence based on a sample size in the single digits renders 1500 years of instrument making knowledge and 70+ years of recorded evidence completely invalid because I want to be cool on teh intarwebmotron."

There's a lot of grey area in this business, and I agree that only a Sith deals in absolutes - statements like "vintage is always better" or "lighter is always better" are certainly items of "conventional wisdom" that can, and should, be argued. However. Just because you can't hear a difference between two parts or materials doesn't mean that difference doesn't exist, and the meme of calling other people "stupid" or "foolish" for "drinking the kool aid" or "I bet if I spent that much money I could hear a difference" is insulting, demeaning, and silences honest discussion. ESPECIALLY if you have no actual hands-on experience in the first place.

There are too many armchair skeptics and knee jerk contrarians on too many boards that are there simply to bash other people's choices to boost their own egos. I think it's the least valuable type of post a board like this can have. By all means, disagree, and share negative experiences, but don't think that your single experience defines all corners of an experience.

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[Retreads]

Originally Posted by Deathmonkey

Seriously, have you TRIED walrus penis bridge pins?

Good post (the whole thing).

And everyone knows that manatee penis pins are superior. I heard a rumor that Gibson was going to start using composite penis pins made from hardened bone meal grindings. Anything to save a buck at that company. It's not like the old days before we exhausted the supply of manatee weiners. Now it'll never be like it was.

[scott]

Originally Posted by 27sauce

Not my experience at all. But if thats yours, cool!

Well, the fact that the bridge saddles move isnt opinion. Or the fact the the posts dont fit in the hole of the bridge properly isnt opinion(you can literally move the bridge back and forth and front to back)....The fact that the saddles eventually get sloppy and fall out isnt opinion. Those are facts, they cant even be argued. The wire retainer was invented to solve the problem with the saddles.
Im not trying to argue with you. Ive installed a couple hundred bridges in my time so far(or more, Ive lost count)....lots of nashvilles and lots of ABRs.
Like I said, I like the feel of the ABR because its smaller but its design leaves a lot to be desired.
Id love to see someone merge the two and have the best of both.
Id use them exclusively.