replacement bridge options?

[bolero]

hey guys, I don't like roller bridges & prefer the "G" style stopbar....am a bit out of the loop, what's a good replacement?

 

 

I like the lightweight stopbars....I saw a Gotoh that looked good from Stew-mac

 

 

any advice?

 

 

also what diameter are the holes drilled in the top? are they a standard size?

 

 

thx!!

[bolero]

here are the links:

 

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailp...es.html#details

 

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailp..._Tailpiece.html

[Wolfi]

hey guys, I don't like roller bridges & prefer the "G" style stopbar....am a bit out of the loop, what's a good replacement?

 

 

I like the lightweight stopbars....I saw a Gotoh that looked good from Stew-mac

 

 

any advice?

 

 

also what diameter are the holes drilled in the top? are they a standard size?

 

 

thx!!

 

I use an aluminium tailpiece on my 150 and a titanium brdge. This caused more sustain and more tone. Last week I met a custom shop Gbrand LP player and after we compared our guitars, he had some doubts buying the right guitar:)

[bolero]

titanium bridge???

 

 

 

didn't know you could get them....who makes it?

 

thx!

[pro-fusion]

Schaller makes a proper Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, and it fits right into the same studs that the roller bridge does. http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/gbridge...allergibson.htm

 

Gotoh and other makers of TOM bridges use different threading on their bridge posts (as well as different stud spacing on some of them), so you'd have to replace the studs on them.

[pro-fusion]

Here are direct Schaller links:

 

http://guitar-machine-heads.com/hp135013/Stop-Tailpiece.htm

 

http://guitar-machine-heads.com/hp135014/GTM.htm

[Paul P]

On a slightly related note, has anyone figured out how to reverse a saddle

in the Schaller Tune-o-matic bridge ? I see springs holding the screws in

place but can't see an easy way of lifting the spring out of the way so the

screw will fall out. I need to do this for intonation purposes, I need just a

bit more travel and I'm hoping reversing the saddle will give me enough.

[GuitArtMan]

I went with TonePros and it just dropped right in. The StewMac Gotoh stuff is good as well. I don't get it when people say they got more sustain out of the aluminum tail piece as that was not my experience at all. First the change was sublte, not nignt and day. Second, I felt the aluminum tail piece aceented the attack of the note and articualtion at the expense of a little sustain. The heavier pot metal (or whatever it is) tail piece had a little better sustain, with a smoother attack - almost like a soft compression. That's the difference in my experience.