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bostjan said:
Better too long than too short. :shrug:
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... I can think of it as to answer to different multiscale angles, however, they are limited to the range / travel inside the saddle's inner hole, where the string also passes through. All the excess is useless, unnecessary, there is no reason whatsoever for it to be soooo long.

... regarding the better too long than too short... well... errr... what are you talking about?
 
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odibrom said:
... I wonder why the intonation screws need to be so loooooooong when obviously one won't use their entire range, not even half... why? it makes the base-plate be unnecessarily huge...
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the length of the intonation screws (size of the bridge in general really) and the stupidly long head are the main things keeping me away from ordering a Goliath, shame because I'm a huge fan of the scale length options and the body shape
 
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Stuck_in_a_dream said:
No clue, I do have a few of these (Goliath) guitars, all I know about the bridge is that it was a joint design w/ Hipshot. These guitars are some of the best I have though, they are light as a feather, very resonant, sustain for days, great playability. My main issue is that I wanna change the string gauge, and would also like to replace the saddles, to get longer ones. The saddles are too narrow (9mm), not even Hipshot makes them!! They are great guitars, but could definitely benefit from a revised bridge design.
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Pretty much this, I actually think it's better than the 2 Strandberg 8 strings I had ("better fan" and the slightly asymmetric neck is more comfy to me than the endurneck). That said I just changed strings for the first time, and they really need to find a better system for securing the ball end. You think it's seated in there right, start to tune up and it either pops out or the tuner "maxes out" it's range before it's in tune. But it does hold tune very nicely once that ordeal is over. They also need to rethink the jack. Seems like they were going for the Strandberg thing, but went the economical route and just used an angled Stratocaster jack. Makes the cord poke into your hip/oblique area.
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gunshow86de said:
Pretty much this, I actually think it's better than the 2 Strandberg 8 strings I had ("better fan" and the slightly asymmetric neck is more comfy to me than the endurneck). That said I just changed strings for the first time, and they really need to find a better system for securing the ball end. You think it's seated in there right, start to tune up and it either pops out or the tuner "maxes out" it's range before it's in tune. But it does hold tune very nicely once that ordeal is over. They also need to rethink the jack. Seems like they were going for the Strandberg thing, but went the economical route and just used an angled Stratocaster jack. Makes the cord poke into your hip/oblique area.
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I’ve had that issue with the strings on similar bridges. It helps if you fish the long side of your Allen key into the slot and put pressure down on the ball end as you’re tightening the first time. I don’t know if you’re already doing this or something similar, but it’s saved me multiple headaches in the few years I’ve had headless fiddles.
 
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