Vieneese tail-plug

[Matthew Tucker]

I have seen a tailgut post anchored through the TOP of the block, a simple SS rod with notches, on a Laborie bass. This arrangement allowed the TP to be anchored at different heights, instead of a raised saddle. I don't know who made/installed this and I don't know how it fares in the long run.

[Thomas Erickson]

http://www.lamario.ca/lamario2009-vi...p?lang=english

This bass has something similar - but in either case, as with the elevated saddle, the intent is to change the pressure on the bridge more than to address any issue at the bottom of the bass, I think.

The idea of fixing the tailgut to the top of the block seems risky, to me - unless the block is made from carbon fiber and the fixing rod is epoxied into it or something... I just imagine the whole setup exploding out the bottom of the bass some day!