Telling Tails

[The amazing Phil]

Just watching Jimmy Page beat his Les Paul senseless with a violin bow on the DVD and I noticed he's done this backwards thing too. I might have to give my SG the same treatment.

[rinse_master]

It's worth a try, if you don't like it you can just put it back to normal next time you re-string.

[Bob Johnson]

Back on topic! The percieved wisdom about wrapping the strings around the the tail piece like Schaller, Badass, Tonepro and various other compensated tailpieces do is all about coupling the string to the body much more positively, upping the bodiies input to the tonal quality of the guitar.