Our patented, CNC-milled, billet aluminum-alloy stopbar is machined in the USA from American-made billet aluminum. Precision set screws firmly secure the free ends of each string, while the ball-ends remain anchored at the headstock, effectively reversing the traditional stringing process. This makes tuning stability better than ever, string changes faster than ever, and it preserves your guitar's existing volume, clarity, focus, and harmonic content, naturally.

Benefits for Musicians

Ultimate Stability: The Steadfast Stopbar eliminates the "string stretch" phenomenon with new strings. After restringing, setting the bend, and a quick tug on the string, your guitar will be in tune for far longer than you expect. This is the comment we hear most from our early adopters.

Time-Savings: The Steadfast Stopbar significantly reduces the time required to change strings, ideal for live performances and studio sessions. Cut your restringing time by 75%!

Reduced Physical Strain: Significantly reduces hand and wrist fatigue by eliminating excessive tuning peg rotations. No more fiddling with janky peg-winders.

Consistent Performance: Ensures near-perfect tuning stability, enhancing overall playing experience letting you change strings faster and get back to playing sooner.

6061 Aluminum vs. Traditional Zinc Stopbars

Billet 6061 Aluminum alloy (The Steadfast Stopbar)

Stronger & more durable: Harder, stronger, and lighter than Zinc (Zamak) tailpieces, transferring more of the string's vibrational energy to the body of the guitar, enhancing resonance, harmonics, and sustain. Players consistently choose lightweight Aluminum tailpieces over cheap diecast Zinc units in blind tests.

Precision-machined: Designed to be a drop-in replacement for the vast majority of US and metric stopbars.

Zinc Alloy (OEM Gibson/Epiphone/99% of everyone else)

Softer & heavier: Doesn't have the consistently uniform Crystal Lattice structure as billet aluminum. This inconsistency allows the Fragile Harmonics to become lost in the diecast Zinc...we think ;).

Less consistent performance: Casting variations can also introduce voids and areas of differing density into the part. These imperfections alter the movement of harmonic energy through the stopbar and create inconsistency in tone across the strings.

Locking Stopbars vs. Locking Tuners

String-Locking Stopbars (The Steadfast Stopbar)

Simple and Strong: No gears to wear out. No springs that weaken over time.

Built to Last: Our stopbar is built for extreme durability.  In destructive testing, we bent our breaker bar before we could strip the threads.

Drop-in: Doesn't require modifications that decrease the value of your investment. No new (or larger) holes in your guitar, anywhere.

Locking Tuners

Heavier: Introduces or exacerbates headstock dive, especially on guitars already prone to that problem...SG's, Firebirds, etc...

Less consistent performance: Complicated internal mechanism which can wear out and subsequently fail over time.

The Takeaway: Our 6061 aluminum stopbar is a modern upgrade, stronger, lighter, and more reliable than the zinc bars used in most existing guitars, while remaining fully compatible with existing studs and spacing. Now, add in our patented improvements in tuning stability and time savings...and you will:

Change strings, in less time, with better tuning stability and tone!

 

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