WTB: MojoAxe compensated wraparound bridge

bodhi

Thought I'd ask before ordering one from the US...

bodhi

Bump.

Funkfingers

I managed to avoid Transatlantic shipping costs, import duty and HMRC administration charges by buying a nearly new Mojoaxe wraparound bridge from an eBay member in France. (My elderly Melody Maker needed the "lightning bolt" type.) The downside is that I had to wait nine months for this opportunity to present itself.

I'm sure that there is a German manufacturer offering something very similar to the pre-compensated Mojoaxe design like the one illustrated in the OP. I cannot recall how the prices compare.

If the look and the sound of a one-piece bridge with no moving parts are important to you, the purchase will be worthwhile. 

bodhi

@Funkfingers - thanks, I have looked into other options, such as Faber and ABM, but think eventually I'll go with the MojoAxe bridge.

Funkfingers

Understandable.

Apart from the necessary alteration to the "lightning bolt" intonation ridge to accommodate modern string sets, my Mojoaxe replacement bridge is a dead ringer for the original.

Purchase with confidence. Enjoy.

bodhi

Bump.

streethawk

I know you've already discounted Faber but I have one Tone Bar left at £29, that's 40% off!

http://www.amberguitar.com/home/97-faber-tone-bar-compensated-wrap-tailpiece.html

Might tide you over. 

bodhi

Hi @streethawk,

I have indeed looked at that option, but I remember that @photek once mentioned that he had one like that, and that the brass bars added extra height to the tailpiece, which impacted on how low you could get the string action, even with the studs screwed in as low as they could go?

Do you perhaps know how much that height difference might be, between this and a stock Gibson tailpiece?

Found that thread:  http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/111283/wrap-around-bridges (4th comment down).

streethawk

Interesting point, probably a couple of mm, I'll measure the ridges tomorrow.

I know Bridgehouse liked the one I sent to him for testing out. Didn't seem to have any height issues.

Incidentally, I have some Faber locking wraparound studs on clearance too, not sure they're even listed on the Faber site yet.

http://www.amberguitar.com/studs-and-bushes/276-faber-59-locking-wraparound-tailpiece-studs.html

bodhi

Ok, thanks.

I saw those locking studs, yes.  The tailpiece on the stock Gibson studs does have a bit of upwards lean to it.

bodhi

Bump - still looking for one, or something similar like the ABM 3021: