The Evolution of Warrior Tailpieces

Bridges on Warrior 12-string and 15-string basses are non-adjustable. On their earliest multi-string basses and before Warrior began using proper metal tailpieces, the bridge was combined on the tailpiece and the strings were run through the body.

Eleven of the strings on this bass have been run through ferrules, but the twelfth string wraps around the tailpiece and runs through an unreinforced hole.

The string holes have been drilled apparently without the use of a template, with three of the holes being located on the body. Why the holes were not all drilled through the tailpiece is unknown.

A “transitional” Warrior tailpiece from a 15-string bass built in 1999. The strings run through the wood part of the tailpiece into a metal bar, with two fundamental strings proceeding on through the body.

This bass incorporates the odd combination of a metal tailpiece anchoring 13 strings with two strings are run through the body. The ferrules for these two fundamental strings are located in the circular routs on the end of the body.

The metal tailpiece on this bass has been updated to six screws and is anchoring 14 strings, with only the fundamental B string running through the body.

The tailpiece on this bass is "Hamer style" with all 15 strings anchored.

This tailpiece is also "Hamer style" with all 15 strings anchored. Note the split bridge with the fundamental string on one part with the octave strings on the other. This would approximate the function of a proper bridge with adjustable string saddles.