The original gold bridge on the HB35 Plus is about 14mm thick, which caused two strings to touch it on the back side. As a result, I had to raise the tailpiece and the studs on the tailpiece became angled from tension. This bridge is about 2mm thinner and the strings are not touching it, even with the tailpiece down to the deck. So, the trigonometry and stabilty of both parts has improved. I didn't even have to change the screws for the bridge, the bridge fits tightly. Did I mention the colour is matching? I also bought a tailpiece as a spare because I considered overwrapping, but now I don't need to.