Which Way Should It Face? The Historically Correct Direction of the Nashville and ABR-1 Style Bridge

There technically isn't a 'wrong' way to put your bridge on - as long as your guitar intonates properly you're good. However, there are a lot of 'purists' out there that insist there is only one way an ABR-1 and Nashville styled Gibson bridge should face. This video will cover that. Which ever way you place your bridge, the strings should not touch the back side of your bridge or else it will bend over time
Don't have time to watch a 3 minute video? The Screws on an ABR-1 should point to the bridge (adjustment heads are closer to the neck. The Nashville styled bridge historically goes the OPPOSITE direction with the screws pointing towards the neck and the adjustment heads being closer to the bridge. These are the historically accepted directions. Again, as long as your guitar intonates properly, it really doesn't matter.
However, if you're buying a used guitar, it MIGHT matter which way you put it on. Take a look at your saddles and their slots. The EAD strings will have larger notches so you will want to align the bridge's direction to accommodate those. Sometimes this may end up making you put your bridge on 'backwards', but you'll have to live with it unless you want to adjust the intonation with the bridge facing that way or by replacing its saddles.
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