replacing saddles

DirtySteve said:
So I got the bridge and tailpiece, looking to install them sometime today. The saddles are preslotted. @Robert Herndon Is this right, are the adjustment screws supposed to be towards the tailpiece like this?

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Yes. On that bridge as shown...
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
DirtySteve, what did you do with the dead sounding Tone Pros? Also, what exact new bridge/tailpiece is it you replaced it with?

The reason I ask is my ES 135 needs a new bridge or at least saddles. ( previous owner had slots all jacked up)
Of course I also need one Gold Bridge ( Metric) for my Washburn HB 30 ) as well.
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I probably have a gold Epiphone bridge here...
 
DirtySteve said:
The Tonepros bridge went straight to the trash can after trying it a second time with the same results. I have a Wilkinson on it now that 66SS396 linked in post #14 and it's not bad, better than the original ABR-1.

BTW that is the second Tonepros bridge I bought that I couldn't use. I don't know why, all my other guitars with a TOM bridge have Tonepros and they are fine. But this one I just tried and another one I bought last year were not good.
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You should have saved it...

We have been programmed into thinking we can make a dead guitar into a great guitar.
Change pickups...
change nut,
change saddles...
use different strings....use different pots....
even change to a bumblebee cap that cost $100 !

But sooner or later you reach the point where you realize all this money isn't fixing the dead guitar.
It still sounds dead, $350 later.
But...this was all great................ for parts salesmen !

You have to start with a good sounding guitar.
That's the only investment worth making.
You figure this out sooner or later....sometimes much later.

Stop waxing garbage trucks.
 
AMPMAD.,

I bought my 2010 Epi LP STD after it sat on the hook at my mom and pop music store a couple years. I liked the way it sounded which is why I pulled the plug on that particular one in among the other colors in same model. Pretty sure why it remained hanging was the missing switch tip.

Adrian still drools when I post pics. I love it even more now with the Bone nut and T Tops I put in it.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
You should have saved it...

We have been programmed into thinking we can make a dead guitar into a great guitar.
Change pickups...
change nut,
change saddles...
use different strings....use different pots....
even change to a bumblebee cap that cost $100 !

But sooner or later you reach the point where you realize all this money isn't fixing the dead guitar.
It still sounds dead, $350 later.
But...this was all great................ for parts salesmen !

You have to start with a good sounding guitar.
That's the only investment worth making.
You figure this out sooner or later....sometimes much later.

Stop waxing garbage trucks.
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What are you even talking about? This is NOT a dead guitar and I never said anything like that! The issue was that the previous owner had a bad setup done and I am fixing an issue where the saddles were slotted wrong. I initially was only going to replace the saddles, but it evolved into my deciding to replace the whole bridge.

The tonepros bridge that I bought first was the dud, not the guitar. I still have the original bridge.
 
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chilipeppermaniac said:
I don't think so. I will get pics of the Washburn one and my EPI LP side by side. Dono's HB35S looks like this and bridge is likely the same.
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Chili, I don’t know exactly what info you’re looking for, but if you’re wondering about he bridge post specs on the Washburn, it is 8 x 1.25 metric
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Umm that Roller bridge one has no holes in the bridge.

DO you mean Large post thumb screws where they go in the bushing? OR large holes in top of the thumb screw as it goes into the ends of the bridge?
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It just doesn't have the screw-through appearance of the one up at Don's.

Check out the specs and compare.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Smitty, Ask Robert, his initial question confused me. 8x1.25 is for what part of the bridge? Thumbwheel part Bushing part or what?
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That is the threaded part that screws into the bushing in the body.

If you are trying to replace the bridge, begin by comparing to Epiphone parts. I’ve noticed some parts are the same. For instance, when I replaced the nut on that guitar, the Graphtech nut sized for an Epiphone exactly matched the width, thickness, and spacing.
 
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