retrorod Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hello all! I have a 2004 Les Paul Jr. Love it much. Bought it new. Through the years, it has developed a 'lean' of the lightening-bolt compensated bridge that made the high E string not laying on the saddle properly. This is possibly the result of me having to adjust the screw out quite a bit for intonation.....and possibly the stud bushing not being properly aligned from the factory. At any rate, I ordered a set of TonePros locking studs http://www.tonepros.com/studs/. They really did do the trick. Leveled out the bridge so that the E string made contact with the saddle. I believe that the solidarity of post to the bridge has given a bit more solidity and sustain to the overall tone of the guitar. I bought them from an Ebayer for $27. They came with bushings(which were not needed). Anyone else tried these...or opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dReit1 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Amen brother! I have tone pros on all of my TOM & wraptail equipped guitars. They DO make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. C.O. Jones Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Had to buy a new TOM after a screw head just fell off while intonating the stock bridge (without tension on string/saddle). Didn't find saddle screws to buy so I decided to buy a new bridge. All I knew was that I did't wan't to buy another original bridge. After some research I found Tonepros, ordered one and been really satisfied since then. When I bought my second one I knew I would quickly replace the hardware with one from Tonepros. About sustain or changes in tone, well I don't know, they sounded bloody good with stock and with TP hardware they still do. Works for me. I like to take off all the strings when I change them, and like that I don't have to be carefull that something falls off and damages the finish. And once intonated I don't have to do it again after string changes because everything stays on his place. Also I have no more string breakage at the bridge, happened with the first one every now and then on the G-string. I guess the saddle was poorly notched. Really great product's, it's a shame the had to discontinue the Tonepros Kluson tuners, have them stock on both my Gibsons and like them very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Had to buy a new TOM after a screw head just fell off while intonating the stock bridge (without tension on string/saddle). Didn't find saddle screws to buy so I decided to buy a new bridge. All I knew was that I did't wan't to buy another original bridge. After some research I found Tonepros, ordered one and been really satisfied since then. When I bought my second one I knew I would quickly replace the hardware with one from Tonepros. About sustain or changes in tone, well I don't know, they sounded bloody good with stock and with TP hardware they still do. Works for me. I like to take off all the strings when I change them, and like that I don't have to be carefull that something falls off and damages the finish. And once intonated I don't have to do it again after string changes because everything stays on his place. Also I have no more string breakage at the bridge, happened with the first one every now and then on the G-string. I guess the saddle was poorly notched. Really great product's, it's a shame the had to discontinue the Tonepros Kluson tuners, have them stock on both my Gibsons and like them very much. I am with you, on string changes! Fixed is fixed. It was always a monkey screw before.....not trying to change the setting of the bridge! I like to take all the strings off and clean the Fboard also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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