Removing All Strings from Gibsons?

Bellycaster

Thanks @Corvus ;

gusman2x

You guys are putting so much time and thought into this. It's crazy time. Don't buy a floyd.

richardhomer

The permanent ‘fix’ is to replace them with locking versions (such as Tonepros) which have hex screws allowing their height settings to be ‘locked’. 

Somewhere in the dusty corners of mind I thought Gibson fitted these as standard these days - obviously not....

ICBM

richardhomer said:

The permanent ‘fix’ is to replace them with locking versions (such as Tonepros) which have hex screws allowing their height settings to be ‘locked’. 

Somewhere in the dusty corners of mind I thought Gibson fitted these as standard these days - obviously not....

I think they did on the Les Paul Standard in one of the recent years - although I forget which, with all the non-standard stuff they keep doing to it. I could be wrong, it’s hard to keep up with all the changes.

dindude

I had a Godin with a bridge / tailpiece combo that was magnetised so that it stayed put. Very neat, although I'm sure that someone somewhere will suggest that the magnetism sucked out all the tone.

scrumhalf

Take pictures of everything when you start and as you go along. If the worst comes to the worst you'll at least have a record of what things should look like.

Don't trust your memory, if the phone goes and you're away for fifteen minutes you may have forgotten where you were in the process.

Fretwired

Upgrade to a TonePros locking bridge ... Gibson fit them as standard on some Les Paul models. They're better than the standard bridge and improve intonation, tuning stability and sustain.

https://www.tonepros.com/bridges/

57Deluxe

...seems a drastic way to keep it 'in tune'!

Fretwired

57Deluxe said:

...seems a drastic way to keep it 'in tune'!

They are better than the standard .. I have them on my Gibson's. Not that expensive.

rlw

Locking bridge and tailpiece every time.

terada

Fretwired said:

...improve intonation...

https://www.tonepros.com/bridges/

Interesting. Do they allow more range for the saddles than an abr1?

Bellycaster

All done with the oiling, that was quite a painless method @Corvus ;

Corvus

Good stuff @Bellycaster quick & easy eh