a tailpiece

[Dancing Ants]

can you put a tailpiece on any guitar, or just certain types?

[PilotC150]

what's a tailpiece?

[Dancing Ants]

http://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/choosing/guitars.php?p=m&m=CF-1

it's the thing below the fretboard, that the strings are attached to. ^ see above picture.

[PilotC150]

Oh, in that case, I don't know.

[cj4258]

Interesting question.... give more details.

What type of guitar? Acoustic Dreadnought? Archtop? Electric?
Why? Is the bridge pulling?

[Dancing Ants]

i want to put a bridge on a guitar shaped like a les paul, except with two cutaways.

[Dancing Ants]

i'm putting this: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailpieces/Archtop_guitar_tailpieces/Benedetto_Archtop_Tailpiece.html

onto this: http://www.jayturser.com/images/popup/JT134DC_TBL2.JPG

..if it's possible.

[Dancing Ants]

no, the bridge is fine, but i've always been interested in tailpieces, and i want to try one out.

[cj4258]

It will work, you just might loose the use of your end button as something to fasten a strap to. You would have to use it to tie that tailpiece.

That current bar tailpiece will have to go away, and you'll probably find that it's not laquered/sealed under it.

You will crack and break the binding at the edge of the guitar where that gut (fastener) will sit unless you reinforce it in some way. Let's take the violin family as an example. In the enclosed picture, you'll find a small lip of black at the very edge of the violin top where a piece of gut (fastener) sits. It's ebony, one of the densest, hardest woods known, and it's there for a reason. Even ebony cracks and breaks under 98.6 average lbs of constant pressure.

[cj4258]

In surmise, it's possible, but there are pros and cons. Possibly more cons than pros.

A tailpiece provides acoustic enhancement in a predominantly hollow guitar (archtops more than most) rather than a semi-hollow body.

[Dancing Ants]

oh, ok. i think i'll stick with my regular setup then. thanks man.

[cj4258]

No probs.