Installing the bridge.

[Jaxon]

Hey everbody. My current project is a neck thru V type guitar. Up to this point I have always ordered bodies from Warmoth with all the routing done. This time I am doing the routing and I need help on determining where to locate the bridge.

 

[-CB-]

Easy peasy.

1.  Keep it centered, using strings (fishing line works) on the neck to make sure its centered.
2.  Measure the scale location from another guitar - OF THE SAME SCALE LENGTH - and you're set to go

 

[Jaxon]

OK, well it sure sounds easy. But I like to make simple things complicated!  :toothy10:

So if the neck is a 25.5 in scale, would I measure from the fretboard side of the nut 25.5 inches and center the bridge there to allow adjustment in both directions?
Also, this is a Tonepros bridge and I see they are usually mounted at an angle. Is there any rule to this?

Thanks!

 

[rockskate4x]

Usually the high e is the string that gets closest to said scale length, in your case 25.5, so not exactly centered, but very close going a bit in the end strap button direction.