Tailpiece advice

Sleeping Martyr

Sleeping Martyr

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So I installed a new chrome gotoh bridge and aluminum tailpiece on my epiphone SG and LOVE the difference. Way clearer, brighter and more airy and vibrant. So next up is my epi Les Paul which is all black with black hardware. I just ordered a Gotoh cosmo black finish bridge for it but they seemingly don't make a black aluminum tailpiece, just a regular one and even those are hard to find. Should I just get the regular cosmo black tailpiece for $35 (which should be an improvement over the epi one) or spring for the Tonepros aluminum one which is upwards of $100, enough of a difference in a Les Paul to warrant it?? Its already (unplugged) a good and balanced sounding guitar, possibly on the darker side (black hardware after all haha) but not much

Also, the new bushing didn't fit (too narrow) but the new studs did fit into the old bushings so I left them in. Is there REALLY gonna be any tonal difference between bushings?? enough to warrant filling the holes and re drilling which is a big endeavour, thanks guys!
 
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Should be noted that the guitar has an Anderson H3 in the bridge and is used for heavy rock in drop C ala Alice in Chains etc. Would Aluminum or Zinc be better?? Also how different is the cosmo black finish different from regular black??
 
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It's an Epi, I wouldn't spend that much on a tailpiece, I also wouldn't mess with pulling the anchors, doweling, redrilling either, I don't think it's enough of a difference to warrant all that work. I do recommend the Tonepro locking studs though.
 
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If you're playing heavy stuff, I'd say don't bother with the aluminum tailpiece. I don't notice the difference when the gain kicks in. No need to spend money on something you can't hear very well.

But, I agree with King Izzo. Get the locking studs.
 
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Yeah, maybe I'll just go regular. I'm unfamiliar with how locking studs working, they'll work with just the regular gotoh bridge/tailpiece right??
 
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Rustoleum black spray paint for the tailpiece. Don't spen too much $$ on items that won't make much improvement to the sound.
 
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