Pros and cons of no bridge?

[Dave the Richard]

What would the pros and cons of this kind of no bridge setup?

 

[LPR6]

Angus’ tailpiece has saddles built in. It’s harder to get the intonation set accurately without saddles. That being said, I have a number of guitars without bridges and most of them do just fine.

 

[renderit]

That looks like a Leo Quann Badass.

They are made to intonate.

I have several and they work great.

Heavy, good for sustain.

Other than looks I can't find fault with them.

Maybe other than string changes are a bit of a pain in the Bad part.

 

[Wilko]

No bridge?! That is the bridge.

 

[TM1]

Here’s my 335! It intoates nearly perfectly!

 

[TM1]

Here’s my 335! It intoates nearly perfectly!

Well, seems as though the file size is too big.. I need to figure out how to make it smaller.
The guitar is my Murphy Lab ‘61 ES-335( in cherry red) with a wrapover bridge I’ve had it about a year and it’s an amazing guitar and just as good as my Murphy’59 Les Paul and ML 64 ES-335. Both are light aged!

 

[roaddawgie]

It works great on my LP junior. If intonation becomes a problem Glazer guitar out of Nashville makes a great bridge called the Music City Bridge and they work great for intonation on my junior.

 

[EFLOW]

Both are fine .




Stopbar and Gibson ABR-1 bridge is perfect for many reasons.

 

[gmann]

Having a stop tailpiece is just one less that to have to deal with. If you can’t get the standard one to intonate good enough to suit you get a MojoAxe tailpiece or something similar.

 

[DvnLesPaul]

 

[rockabilly69]

I love the wraptails...

 

[Grog]

My wraptail plays great also…….. Wouldn’t change a thing. It came stock with a Tone Pro tailpiece.

 

[Steven K]

Please explain how a guitar can exist without a bridge? How could the strings stay above the pickups without a bridge ?

 

[jb_abides]

Please explain how a guitar can exist without a bridge? How could the strings stay above the pickups without a bridge ?

It's a misnomer. Perhaps the OP doesn't know terminology well, or it's down to ESL....?

Clearly, the rest of the thread ran with the most likely interpretation: OP meant 'no distinct bridge from stop tail' i.e. take it as 'wraptail'...