What do you find interesting about this bridge?

[Tim Benware]

Tim - whassup? I got that pic off the ANZL forum - maybe the design works just fine, but sloping the slot would make me feel more comfortable.
It is probably a Gore design, if so I'm SURE it works for him. :-)

My eyes must've been crossing. I thought it was a 7 string and you guys missed it! Jokes on me.

[Kevin in California]

I like it. Think I'll steel the design for my next 7 string.

Kevin

[John Parchem]

To me it seems like the curved pattern for the pegs would result in really bad break angles for the middle string especially after a few years as the saddle is lowered.

[ken cierp]

Tim at first I counted seven too! A couple of times.

I agree the curved peg hole pattern looks nice but on this one those center holes are "way back." Taylor had the radius pattern at one time I wonder if the break angle issue is the reason they dropped the design -- they certainly can makes bridges any way they could dream up.

[Dave Bagwill]

The break angle would not be uniform for all the strings unless some pretty long string ramps were cut.

[TonyinNYC]

I think with the jig shown, the guy has some jig making skill and could easily have made a saddle slot jig. It does seem like laziness that they didnt.

[Tom West]

I once showed a machinist friend who was not a guitar player one of my guitars. After I sucked up his admiring comments about workmanship etc, he stared at the bridge for a while,turned it in a couple of different directions,and put his finger on the saddle..............................................He turned to me and with a look of "I got ya",he asked,is that suppose to be crooked like that......? A chest fallen me had to explain compensation. The point of the little story is that some folks may like a straight saddle. I use a wide saddle but still slant the saddle and also the string holes. It does give extra room to play around with compensation.
Tom