Gibson Tune-O-Matic Proper Alignment to Factory Specs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ธ.ค. 2017
- A video that will answer the age old Tune-O-Matic questions: Which way should the intonation screws face? What direction do the saddles go? Wrap around tailpiece, good or bad? For reference; the nickel Tune-O-Matic is a Nashville, the rest are ABR-1 style bridges. I hope this is useful!
Cliffs Notes:
On the Gibson ABR-1 The intonation screws face the neck.
The Nashville Bridge the intonation screws face the rear, strap button end of the guitar.
The saddles are ‘generally’ with the low E and A strings; the flats face the rear, butt end of the guitar. The other 4 saddles, the flats are oriented towards the pickups/ neck of the guitar. In my experience Gibson used to orient the saddles w/ the 3 wound strings, the flats face the rear, the three treble strings, the flats face the pickups/ neck.
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Excellent video my brother! This really helped me out and I appreciate it. Thx man
Many thanks. Sorted my SG copy by reversing the bridge (screws facing tailpiece), swapping saddles around, changing their order to reflect string size and filing screw seats.
Super informative...Thanks for helping to clear that fog.
Very helpful. Thanks. This was driving me crazy. I have a 2016 Traditional and I prefer the screws facing the back.
Wow! Thank you so much! It's the video I needed.
Bridge screws do not always face forward on Gibsons. Gibson uses more than one type of bridge, primarily the ABR-1 and the Nashville. One has forward screws, other has rear screws.
Thanks for the information. I'm currently restoring my old Les Paul Studio and want to get it back to like new condition. The factory bridge settings were a big question mark for me. This was helpful. 👍🏻
I like your argument for having the tail-piece low, but not too low. It makes sense that it puts lets pressure on the tail-piece support posts, not sure if it really affects the sustain though. Ever since I saw a video with Slash's guitar tech I've set mine up higher, so the angle from saddle to tail-piece is only about 10 or so degrees. Apparently this way it reduces the chance of string breakage at the tail. I believe it helps too with tuning the wound strings, as less angle decreases the chances of the windings 'catching' on the saddles.
Good video
was looking for a video like this and your honest as well. Well done. Definitely like this video.
This is the best video on this so far. Very helpful, thx.
Great vid. I've been contemplating getting another stop bar tail piece for my custom shop LP so I can overwrap, and not mar the original. AND..my super expensive custom shop LP came with the bar right on the body with all the strings digging into the edge of the bridge...gotta love it...🤨
I bought a Les Paul Traditional, 2015 model. The Nashville bridge came with the adjustment screws facing the tailpiece and the saddles all had the flat sides facing forward.
Thank you. This is exactly what I needed to know
Fyi
Thanks for sharing this. I have spent time getting to know my guitars better and the individual characteristics at the headstock (tuners, nut, geometry, etc.) and tail (bridge & tailstock) that impact its performance (sustain, tuning, etc.). There are things I have learned and some I have a theory about relating to best practices I'm working through. Sharing this as a baseline parameter really helps as this is the way Gibson comes out, set up from the factory. There is a reason for this, and it would be nice to hear right from them on why they went about what they did from their mouths. Knowing what changes do and their related improvements and compromises when doing them is valuable as one works to get the best setup for you and your guitar.
Good vid. I'm liking the fine tuning tail piece. Thanx.
I do not think too many of us are playing in front of 5000+ crowds bending the high E 12th fret F# up to Ab and holding it forever like Carlos on Europa. Just set it up to your preference and ROCK!!! AKKA-DAKKA BABY!!!
Thank god for this video. I made some dumb adjustments on my TOM bridge guitar and could never get it to play right. All good now.