Guitar of the Year 2016 (Non-Pit Bull Guitar kits and Scratch Builds)

[Zandit75]

Expensive bit of kit Doc! The options soon add up.
As a noob to the Electric world, what benefits would I get from from a bridge like this?
Apart from higher quality materials, and maybe slightly more adjustment, I don't see what sets this or other brands apart from the basic $15 PBG bridge I have.
Please educate me!!

[DrNomis_44]

Expensive bit of kit Doc! The options soon add up.
As a noob to the Electric world, what benefits would I get from from a bridge like this?
Apart from higher quality materials, and maybe slightly more adjustment, I don't see what sets this or other brands apart from the basic $15 PBG bridge I have.
Please educate me!!

Well, the SuperVee Bladerunner bridge is designed to eliminate one potential cause of tuning-instability with traditional Strat-Style bridges, traditional Strat-Style bridges use a set of six screws to mount on the guitar body and also to pivot against, over time the edges of the bridge which pivot against the six screws can wear out due to the tension of the strings, and also because of the fact that some manufacturers don't properly harden the metal used to make the base of the bridge, the wear causes friction which causes the bridge not to come back to a neutral position with all the strings in tune, friction in the string-slots also causes tuning-instability too, instead of pivoting on six screws like a traditional Strat-Style bridge, the SuperVee Bladerunner Bridge uses a piece of thin Spring-Steel as the pivot, the screws are there only to mount the bridge to the body, Spring-Steel is very hard so it doesn't wear out, the result is that the bridge returns to it's neutral point much easily, I have tried one and it does work well.