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The Descendant Companion offset bridge seems to fix literally every problem thess bridges have had. This review explains it in much more detail:

https://www.guitarplayer.com/reviews/swope-guitars-descendant-offset-vibrato-and-companion-bridge-review

Anyone here have experience with this bridge?

I see springs which does not solve the rattling thing that tends to happen. I also see height adjustment screws for the middle four strings, which is cool but why not on all six? I guess you'd just adjust the whole bridge for those, which is weird because my low E likes to be a bit higher than the high e; my hard pickin makes the low E rattle against the frets. I don't see how this is better than the Staytrem, other than being able to adjust some of the heights and fit different radiuses?

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I think they also make Descendant without the saddle height adjustment in three different set radii 7.5 9.5 12
Looks like a nice bridge and trem but it's still not going to prevent the need for a neck to be shimmed that has a too shallow break angle over the saddles.

Surfadelphia wrote:

I think they also make Descendant without the saddle height adjustment in three different set radii 7.5 9.5 12
Looks like a nice bridge and trem but it's still not going to prevent the need for a neck to be shimmed that has a too shallow break angle over the saddles.

I agree. The offset guitar necks will always need shimming no matter how good of a bridge you use.

dannylectro wrote:

Surfadelphia wrote:

I think they also make Descendant without the saddle height adjustment in three different set radii 7.5 9.5 12
Looks like a nice bridge and trem but it's still not going to prevent the need for a neck to be shimmed that has a too shallow break angle over the saddles.

I agree. The offset guitar necks will always need shimming no matter how good of a bridge you use.

Never shimmed none of my offsets so I think it depends.

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For me, the ideal JM bridge would used fixed roller saddles that are adjustable for height and intonation and sit as low as possible because the shimmed neck, high bridge technique is not conducive to comfortable surf pickin' at all.

The rocking bridge is a pretty dumb idea. Leo tried it because he was too cheap for roller saddles. Guaranteed.

But you know who wasn't too cheap to try it: Yamaha.

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Redfeather, you make an excellent point about the roller saddles. That Yamaha bridge does everything it needs and you don't have to worry about it coming back to rest in the proper position.

That being said, I've got 2 guitars with the Fender Jaguar/Jazzmaster tremolo have Mustang bridges on them and really don't have problems with them. Do they lack sustain? I don't know, but I never notice because it doesn't really matter in the types of music I like to play.

I do not trust ads. To buy a new bridge/vibrato for my Squier CV 60s Jaguar, a video has to show me the tuning of each string on a tuner BEFORE AND AFTER using the vibrato bar.

bertrandbrebis wrote:

I do not trust ads. To buy a new bridge/vibrato for my Squier CV 60s Jaguar, a video has to show me the tuning of each string on a tuner BEFORE AND AFTER using the vibrato bar.

I think the closest you'll get is Mike Adams's review of the aftermarket JM parts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njUXebojku0&t=281s

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