Monday, July 1, 2013

What is the piece called that is in the bridge of an electric guitar that holds the string in?

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Shadowcree


In my epiphone xplorer wannabe the bridge has six little gold knobs the strings are on that hold them in the bridge when i broke my 1st string i lost the piece so i need to know what its called to go buy a new one 2morrow


Answer
These are called saddles, and since the Explorer uses the same bridge as the Les Paul, you are looking for replacement saddles for a Tune-o-matic bridge. Here are a couple of internet sites that sell them, but they are so common, you should be able to find them in your local guitar shop.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Nuts,_saddles/Electric_guitar_saddles.html
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navigation/bridges-tailpieces-guitar-replacement-parts?N=100001+304413

Good luck!

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