Eh. Hm. Well, 1st off, I don't buy that string shouldn't touch the tailpiece on the top of the hole they go thru - what difference would it make if it does or does not, as the weight lays on the bridge anyway? I always kept my stoppiece as low as I could on my LP.
Steep angle over the bridge is good IMO, less angle and particularly wrap-round could spell trouble with tuning in hard bends, if the string can flex enough as to move over the bridge piece.
I have had the TP-6 on both an LP and an Explorer, and currently have the Schaller version on one guitar as well. I can well recommend it, I hardly ever use the actual tuners at all. However, might be worth considering a roller saddle then as well. Especially the classic Nashville spring-tensioned bridge is cr*p anyway, I could never live with one without at least swapping the bridge bits to something better like graphite. The Schaller set of a roller and the TP-6 style bar is good and perhaps a little sturdier than the Gibson, with only one annoyance - if and when the string breaks at the ball it can be quite hard to 'fish' the ball from within the piece that holds it in the stopbar. As memory recalls that don't happen on TP-6 since the ball holder bits just hang there, they actually rest against the guitar top if there is no string tension.
Nevertheless, TP-6 and such are really great on any guitar, and especially with roller bridge you practically never have to tune the guitar other than minute tweaks on the finetuners at best.
What worries me about the picture is that in the 2nd picture it seems the stopbar really doesn't fit the posts too well at all, being all tilted and such?
Dee
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