hamerican gigolo Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I have a 96 Hamer Eclipse with the Wilkinson wrap tail bridge. Any fans of this particular bridge? I know that some will change it to something " better ". I have used a Pigtail bridge on it in the past. Any thoughts at all would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 The Wilky's are decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamerDave Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 I have one on my Studio. No complaints. Stable for over 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 I had a '96 or so Eclipse in Vintage Orange with a Wilkinson wrap. I liked it on pretty much every aspect--tonal transfer, uniformity of sound, quickness, and intonation. In fact, I was impressed at how spot-on the intonation was with just that 2-saddle slider for adjustment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Ok, I'll be there contrarian here as I've removed this bridge from every guitar I've owned that had one. Firstly, the intonation adjustment is not needed. I've managed to achieve perfect intonation with bar wrapper tailpiece bridges. It's not difficult. Also I've found that the plan strings tend to shift side to side on the Wilky bridge. Don't know why, but there it is. And the Wilky simply doesn't have the same sound as a plain bar wrapper tailpiece bridge. I much prefer the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wil50n Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 On 11/24/2018 at 10:52 AM, kizanski said: Ok, I'll be there contrarian here as I've removed this bridge from every guitar I've owned that had one. Firstly, the intonation adjustment is not needed. I've managed to achieve perfect intonation with bar wrapper tailpiece bridges. It's not difficult. Also I've found that the plan strings tend to shift side to side on the Wilky bridge. Don't know why, but there it is. And the Wilky simply doesn't have the same sound as a plain bar wrapper tailpiece bridge. I much prefer the latter. Digging up an oldie. Did not like the Wilkie on the Special Korina Junior. I changed over to a Wilkie with adjustable B/G and D/A saddles, and still had issues with the strings shifting as per Kiz. I eventually went with the Faber compensated wraptail, which had the added benefit of a fuller sound, to my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I have a 96 Hamer Eclipse with the Wilkinson wrap tail bridge. Any fans of this particular bridge? I know that some will change it to something " better ". I have used a Pigtail bridge on it in the past.
Any thoughts at all would be greatly appreciated.
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