Purpose of the bridge angle on Silver Sky

[Jon Kaneshiro]

Is there a purpose behind having the bridge tilting at an angle on the Silver Sky? I know they do this on the core model too.

 

[Uncle Bob]

In order that it floats?

 

[Jon Kaneshiro]

In order that it floats?

The core models are like this too and is considered decked by PRS standards. I’m just curious why the bolt side of the bridge sits higher and just didn’t tighten it down. Any tension thing?

 

[John F]

The angle lets the bridge pivot, you can push down on the wammy bar but not pull up.

 

[Jon Kaneshiro]

The angle lets the bridge pivot, you can push down on the wammy bar but not pull up.

It’s just odd because John prefers the bridge decks and doesn’t use his trem bar unless the guitar is specifically set up for it. They advertise it as decked to Johns specs so it was just something I haven’t seen before with the front of the bridge up and the back down to the body. No big deal though! Was just a curiosity!

 

[John F]

Clapton places a block of wood inside the cavity of the trem block to wedge it, preventing it from moving. Neither he or John seem to want to swap to hard tail. I know that lowering the trem hard against the body is possible, but it means the saddles have to be raised to get the strings back to the desired height above the frets. Everything is a trade-off. Telecasters have the option of putting strings through the body, or straight through the back of the plate holding the saddles. Each affects tone there as well. I prefer the SS bridge on the deck from the factory, drop tuning and broken strings don’t put it out of tune like a floated bridge. Every time I pick up either SS they are in tune, even after months in the case. Same for my 2 other PRS although the trem is floated on the Custom 24. My Strat trem is floated and it isn’t bad staying in tune, but it isn’t nearly as good as my PRS. I like the sound of my SS over my Strat, I think John and Paul knew what they were doing.

 

[aphantomvaper]

It’s just odd because John prefers the bridge decks and doesn’t use his trem bar unless the guitar is specifically set up for it. They advertise it as decked to Johns specs so it was just something I haven’t seen before with the front of the bridge up and the back down to the body. No big deal though! Was just a curiosity!

At a Dead &Co show last year John was whammy-ing some but not doing dive bombs. Just a gentle wiggle to add vibrato. He's probably been watching Bobby as he's a constant tremolo user.