guitar_199
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As I am somewhat "new" to the Epiphone fold, I am doing a lot of looking around, seeing what others are talking about and doing...... one subject I see is the replacement of the bridge.
Mine is a 2013 LP Standard goldtop. A question I'd like to ask is.... does it really NEED replacing?? I "get it" that when you see ads for bridges AND interviews with people who HAVE replaced them... they claim that the original is "garbage" and needs to be replaced. Bit.... IS IT REALLY? How do opinions run on this? To my untrained eye it LOOKS like a TOM, acts like a TOM.... but is there some underlying weakness that says "I should go out and get a new bridge and replace it?
IN addition I am still fascinated/stymied by the whole "imperial" vs "import/metric" spec thing. So... I am guessing that a genuine Gibson LP bridge won't fit as the "hole centers" would be different....EVEN if you got adapters for the supports. I am imagining that there is a whole marketplace of metric versions of the TOM made by quality manufacturers with adapters that thread into the original stud holes and have a narrow pin on top to fit the bridge. But here, too, I would like to hear from those knowledgeable about various units used.
I guess the LAST THING is..... if I change my bridge.......what am I going to NOTICE???? What is going to jump up and say....."THIS IS BETTER"????
Thanks a bunch for any info provided.
Bob
Mine is a 2013 LP Standard goldtop. A question I'd like to ask is.... does it really NEED replacing?? I "get it" that when you see ads for bridges AND interviews with people who HAVE replaced them... they claim that the original is "garbage" and needs to be replaced. Bit.... IS IT REALLY? How do opinions run on this? To my untrained eye it LOOKS like a TOM, acts like a TOM.... but is there some underlying weakness that says "I should go out and get a new bridge and replace it?
IN addition I am still fascinated/stymied by the whole "imperial" vs "import/metric" spec thing. So... I am guessing that a genuine Gibson LP bridge won't fit as the "hole centers" would be different....EVEN if you got adapters for the supports. I am imagining that there is a whole marketplace of metric versions of the TOM made by quality manufacturers with adapters that thread into the original stud holes and have a narrow pin on top to fit the bridge. But here, too, I would like to hear from those knowledgeable about various units used.
I guess the LAST THING is..... if I change my bridge.......what am I going to NOTICE???? What is going to jump up and say....."THIS IS BETTER"????
Thanks a bunch for any info provided.
Bob