Adjustable Stoptail

[barman]

I just realized I posted this on the forum and not here (where it should be). I just bought a Cu24 with an adjustable stoptail. It has 11's on it. I would like to go to 10's. The PRS website states that the adjustable stoptail is used for 11's or heavyer. My question is (1) can you put 10's on it without any problem? (2) If I put 10's on it would it cancel out the benefit of having an adjustable stoptail in the first place?

[blair]

Should be no reason why you can't use it with 10's or 09's......... I use 10's with no problem and the adjustable allows a little tighter intonation adjustment which is a nice feature when using different manufs strings that might be of slightly different mass which can impact intonation.

Hammer on.........Blair

[Adam]

I just realized I posted this on the forum and not here (where it should be). I just bought a Cu24 with an adjustable stoptail. It has 11's on it. I would like to go to 10's. The PRS website states that the adjustable stoptail is used for 11's or heavyer. My question is (1) can you put 10's on it without any problem? (2) If I put 10's on it would it cancel out the benefit of having an adjustable stoptail in the first place?
Allow me to further clarify-

The reason PRS recommends the adjustable stop-tail for 11's and higher is because the normal stop-tail bridge won't intonate correctly with anything heavier than 10's. Proper intonation isn't mutually exlusive, though, as the adjustable stoptail will intonate perfectly with whatever string guage you put on. It'll be just like a Gibson: one string at a time.

Will putting 10's on the adjustable bridge cancel out the benefit? It kind of depends on how you look at it. If you'll only ever use 10's on the guitar, then yes - and adjustable stop-tail would do for you in 2 adjustments what the adjustable one takes 6 to do, but....
....With the adjustable one, you always have the option of going heavier with no hassle.

[barman]

Thanks for the info.