Yay ....!!!!
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Yay ....!!!!
Just got back home....and....we have success...repeat....we have success!!!!
Here's a pic of the parcel I picked up from the Depot:
Attachment 24526
Okay, I'm not going to be pursuing any further action, since I feel that it is un-warranted, but, I will be posting pics of all the stuff I ordered shortly.
And here's a pic of all the stuff that was in the parcel, it looks like everything I ordered is all present and correct, so I'm happy:
Attachment 24527
Wooo. Finally. Did you have to go out to east arm?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
Nah, not quite, but it was worth it in the end.
I'm finally going to be able to get my Gibson USA Les Paul Studio guitar fixed and playable again.
Wooo. Finally. Did you have to go out to east arm?
Thank god!
So, for those interested, here's a list of the contents of the parcel:
X1 Tone Pros System II Tune O Matic Bridge And Tailpiece Hardware for Gibson guitars.
X1 Full Set Of Gibson Deluxe Keystone Tuners (With screw-in ferrules).
X2 Gibson Gold Volume Control Knobs.
X2 Gibson Gold Tone Control Knobs.
X1 3-Way Toggle Pickup Selector Switch For Gibson and Epiphone Guitars.
X2 Tone Ninja Nuts For Gibson Guitars.
X2 Bleached White Bone Nuts For Gibson Guitars.
X2 Bleached White Bone Nuts For Fender Guitars (Flat-Bottomed).
X2 Bleached White Bone Nuts For Fender Guitars (Curved Bottomed).
There was also two new chrome roller string trees for Fender guitars in the parcel as well.
The Tone Ninja nuts are too narrow to fit snugly in the nut-trench on the LP Studio guitar, but, with a bit of sanding, the Gibson bone nuts will fit, so I am going with one of the bone nuts.
Update:
I've fitted the new Gibson Deluxe tuners to the headstock of the LP Studio, no issues there, fitted the new control knobs, no issues there either, and also tried fitting the new Tone Pros Tune O Matic bridge and tailpiece, they were practically a drop-in fit on the original bridge and tailpiece posts, all I need to do is get the new bleached white bone nut glued in and it'll be sorted.
Update 2:
Just encountered a problem while fitting the new bone nut to the LP Studio, the nut isn't tall enough to provide a good enough 1st fret action so all the strings are fretting-out at the 1st fret, I need to put a shim underneath the nut to fix this problem, at a rough guess the shim probably needs to be 1mm or 1.5mm thick, or maybe even 2mm, not sure what I could use as shim material, I was thinking of using Aquadhere (PVA Wood Glue) to glue the nut into place and make the shim out of rosewood, I wonder if Bunnings stock some wood veneer that might be suitable?
I ended up using some cardboard that's approximately 1mm thick to make the shim, got the new bone nut glued in with PVA glue and I'm going to let it dry overnight, the guitar has had a rough setup and a quick test play through my Marshall amp, seems to be sounding pretty good so far, no major issues like sitar-buzzing, or noticeable fret-buzzing, all strings are sounding clean when played open, the guitar just needs a full setup which I'll do in the morning.
Update:
I've just finished doing a full setup of my Gibson USA Les Paul studio guitar and I've managed to get the intonation at the 12th fret as close as I possibly could to spot-on as humanly possible, one thing's for sure about the new Tone Pros TOM bridge is that setting the intonation is a breeze and it appears to be very accurate too compared to the original Nashville TOM bridge, the saddles on the Tone Pros TOM bridge are nice and snug, and don't move back and forth like the ones on the Nashville bridge which seem a bit loose, what's more is that the Tone Pros bridge and tailpiece incorporate two grub-screws that you can use to lock them in place so once done they aren't going to move at all, that's cool because that will stabilize the intonation and tuning, and I suspect that it will also increase sustain too, if you're ever interested in replacing the stock TOM bridge on your Gibson-style guitar, I'd definitely recommend these Tone Pros System II TOM bridges, they are a drop-in fit replacement for the Nashville TOM bridges that usually come stock on most recent Gibson USA guitars.
Here's a pic of the LP Studio guitar after I've finished working on it:
Attachment 24547
Good to know Doc, and glad you could finally do the work on it
I now fit Tone Pros kit to my guitars. If nothing else, the grub screws stop the bridge and stop-tail piece falling off and damaging the finish if you ever take all your strings off at once.
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Originally Posted by Simon Barden
It makes things so much easier and convenient, I don't know why the Tone Pros kit doesn't come fitted as standard on all Gibson guitars, maybe it's because Gibson's CEO is too much of a cheapskate.
I'll see if I can do an audio demo of the LP Studio being played through my Marshall's overdrive channel so that forum members can hear what it sounds like, I turned the master volumes on the clean and overdrive channels up to the 11 o clock position and was surprised how fat the guitar sounded.
It sounded so good that I started playing "Rock And Roll" by Led Zeppelin, it got pretty loud too.
Personally, I think the new knobs on the LP Studio seem to suit it better than the old ones, the new ones were actually for SG type guitars.
Tone Pros are now standard on a lot of Gibsons. Not the cheaper models or historic copies, but certainty Les Paul Standards and equivalents.
One thing I did notice was that after I had set the intonation for each string after fitting the new Tone Pros bridge, all the saddles ended up in positions different to the old Nashville bridge, the saddles on the Tone Pros bridge were more or less where I was expecting them to be for good intonation, on the old Nashville bridge the A string saddle would end up slightly in front of the D string saddle, but on the Tone Pros I got the typical pattern, I'll post a pic so you can see where the saddles on The Tone bridge ended up, note that the intonation for each string was set near enough to spot on as I could get them.
Attachment 24551
That looks more like what I would expect.
I also adjusted the height of the tailpiece so that both the E strings were clear of the back edge of the bridge.