just bought a bridge from stratosphere

[blakejcan]

first purchase from them and I kinda blew it. Didn't realize they don't yank out the mounting insert things for the tuneomatic so now I have to find those. Also......what kind of magic metal is this thing made of? It weighs like.........nothing. It almost feels like it's hollow. that normal?

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: just bought a bridge from stratosphere

What sort of bridge? If it's light could be potmetal or zinc?

 

[blakejcan]

Re: just bought a bridge from stratosphere

gibson tuneomatic

feels about the same weight as a candy wrapper or Iggy Pop

 

[blakejcan]

Re: just bought a bridge from stratosphere

where do I buy the fuzzin bushings for this thing?

 

[AlexR]

Re: just bought a bridge from stratosphere

Any guitar supplies place.

But you need to know the type of bridge first.

 

[Zombiwoof]

Re: just bought a bridge from stratosphere

It's probably one of the cheap PingWorks Nashville tunematics that Gibson has used for some years instead of the better made Schaller Nashville they used to use. Guys who like Nashville bridges say the PW one has hollows in it where the Schaller doesn't, making it less dense and affecting the tone. If you want a Nashville bridge, spring for the Schaller one, it's supposed to be better quality (made in Germany, not Asia). Schaller invented the Nashville bridge. I prefer the vintage ABR bridge myself.
Al

P.S. the mounting things you spoke of are called bushings, the inserts that go into the body for the bridge studs to screw into.

 

[blakejcan]

Re: just bought a bridge from stratosphere

yea this thing does feel hollow. what a waste of money. I'm not using this ****.