jwhitcomb3 Posted November 16, 2010 Posted November 16, 2010 Also looks available at the below link:http://www.guitarpartssite.com/Les-Paul-Br...;brand=SchallerI ordered one from these folks, but it is back ordered. The customer service guy was hard to pin down...put me on hold a couple times and hung up on me. Finally he offered me a refund. The folks who listed the ebay auction above are also back ordered (Perfect Pitch Music: http://myworld.ebay.com/pitch_perfect_music/ )-Jonathan
jwhitcomb3 Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 Through the heroic efforts of our German HFC bro gorch, one of these ultra cool bridges landed on my doorstep this week. Thanks Dirk!It turns out these bridges are not suitable for replacing the wraptail bridge on an Eclipse (the posts for the Eclipse bridge are set much too far apart). I will be seeking a suitable tuneomatic equipped guitar for my evil plans.Jonathan
atquinn Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 Through the heroic efforts of our German HFC bro gorch, one of these ultra cool bridges landed on my doorstep this week. Thanks Dirk!It turns out these bridges are not suitable for replacing the wraptail bridge on an Eclipse (the posts for the Eclipse bridge are set much too far apart). I will be seeking a suitable tuneomatic equipped guitar for my evil plans.JonathanDoh! Sucks that they won't replace wraptail bridges. I had a Flaxwood for about 2 seconds and really liked the LP trem on it, so I'll definitely be picking up one some day to try on one of my Hamers.-Austin
jwhitcomb3 Posted January 22, 2011 Posted January 22, 2011 Gosh, it gets worse.Tried to put this on an Artist, and the bridge wouldn't go low enough. When I tried to adjust the springs underneath, one of the screws snapped off in the hole. I now have a very pretty drawer ornament.Cool idea, but it sure didn't work for me.Jonathan
gorch Posted January 23, 2011 Author Posted January 23, 2011 I feel terrible that it turn out that bad for all those efforts.
burningyen Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 You should at least get them to send you a replacement screw if that will help get the unit back in working order so you can sell it.
Armitage Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 I've seen a few of the Floyd Rose Les Paul style trems on eBay, but never in real life. I've heard the problem was Gibson's neck angle was irregular and sometimes a neck reset was necessary, as well as the new Floyd nut needed some work and that upset people thinking the guitar could be returned to stock.Has anyone tried one?
jwhitcomb3 Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 I feel terrible that it turn out that bad for all those efforts.Aw, man...Let me be absolutely clear. Dirk went to heroic efforts to get this to me, and was as kind and courteous as could be. I hope to be able to return his kindness in some way.My problems were purely due to my lack of properly reading the materials that were readily available to me, and for attempting a modification that was clearly beyond my technical abilities.I will repair the bridge and find a new home for it.Jonathan
Hamer_SS_guy Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Seems Floyd Rose tries it once again...http://bestofnamm.com/products/view/les-pa...-fit-floyd-rose
Armitage Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Kind of long and ugly... and you still have to cut in the Floyd nut, but I'm sure it'll work for most who want one.
burningyen Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Supposedly it's being paired with a floating locking nut like this one:
atquinn Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Supposedly it's being paired with a floating locking nut like this one:That locking device still leaves the nut in the equation though and given how big of a source of pitch and returning-to-tune issues the nut can be, I don't know how effective that would be.-Austin
gorch Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 It looks like it holds itself fixed by holding the strings fixed.
atquinn Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 It looks like it holds itself fixed by holding the strings fixed.Right, but the strings as a unit are still being pull throught the nut and will be moving when you're using the trem. So they'll still be able to bind at the nut. In fact, having them all linked together like that might even make it worse?-Austin
gorch Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 It looks like it holds itself fixed by holding the strings fixed.Right, but the strings as a unit are still being pull throught the nut and will be moving when you're using the trem. So they'll still be able to bind at the nut. In fact, having them all linked together like that might even make it worse?-Austin If you'd move the unit as close to the nut as possible the string movement would be minimized. I think the tool would be a little more supportive than string-individual locking tuners just because the open string length behind the nut would be shorter with the tool.
burningyen Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Yeah, it looks like a compromise solution that might work. But string changes would be annoying.
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