{"id":1721578,"date":"2013-12-09T18:08:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T18:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&p=1721578"},"modified":"2017-06-22T16:34:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:34:35","slug":"how-do-i-set-up-my-archtop-guitar-with-a-floating-bridge","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-set-up-my-archtop-guitar-with-a-floating-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I set up my archtop guitar with a floating bridge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Setting up your archtop guitar with a floating bridge is generally the same as setting up a normal guitar. The only thing that is different is that the bridge is completely removable and is held in position by the tension of your strings.<\/p>\n

To find out the general area where the bridge should be placed, measure the length of your neck from the nut to the 12th fret. Take that distance and double it. That is the distance from the nut that your bridge should generally sit. The reason we say “generally” is because you will likely need to make find adjustments to where the bridge sits in order for your intonation to be accurate.<\/p>\n

Once you find the position for your bridge, you can adjust the intonation by doing the following:<\/p>\n