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JO'C Thanks for that story. That's very cool. Which did you end up keeping. My Dot had the '57s in it as well. I ended up swapping the bridge for a '57Plus I think. Just a little more output to balance the volume between neck and bridge. So you'd say there is no big difference in feel between stop tailpiece and trapeze. How about sustain? A friend of mine also owns a '69. What strikes me about that one is how narrow and delicate the neck feels at the nut. Are all the '69s like that. How does that compare with the LC model?

I haven't tested it yet. I had also wondered what a wood floating bridge might be like on my 335. You might need a trapeze tailpiece to make that work though. Also related to this, has anyone noticed that the stop tailpiece on Larry Carlton's famous 335 is in an unconventional spot, i.e. a little farther away from the bridge? I'm guessing that because his 335 was a '68 or '69 that it originally had the trapeze. I'd read somewhere that he and his tech spent considerable time deciding exactly where the stop tailpiece would go. Anyone know more about this?

Sorry. I'm sure this has been discussed too many times already. However I am curious if anyone has ever tested the effect of adjusting the stop tailpiece height. Yes, a number of people have suggested that ideally it's as low as possible while still allowing the strings to clear the rear edge of the bridge. Now I only have my dot neck 335 to look at but I'm pretty sure the that the strings on a trapeze style set up bend over the bridge at a much flatter angle than a stop tailpiece set up. They seemed to work pretty well none the less. I'v been considering raising the tailpiece enough to flatten out the string angle similarly to see what it does to the tone and feel. Thoughts? Cheers

Well I've got all kinds of wiring diagrams. The best ones seem to be from SD. I've sourced all the parts except the 1.5 Henry Inductor/Choke. The local parts places at best might have tiny ones but they all look at me side ways when I tell them I need 1.5 Henry. Anybody have a source for all this kind of stuff? I still need the rotary switch but will likely order one from StewMac. Thanks.

Hey Pin Hey Larry Thanks for the reply. I'm a bit of a dope with true schematics. Do you know if there are any diagrams out there like you'd find at Seymour Duncan? :) I'm planning a custom scenario for my 335. I'm thinking about a master vol., master tone, blend pot, and the Varitone. I might make the vol. pot push pull as well. I'd like to pack as many options in there as possible without changing the look of anything. I notice StewMac ahave a pot called a "JackPot". Are you familiar with that. Would that be a no load pot in essence? I might use that as the tone control. Thanks for any tips. Cheers

Where can I find a wiring diagram for a Varitone set up? I tried to down load the 345 diagram for the support page on the Gibson website but it kept giving me a file I couldn't open on my Mac. I'm interested in doing a stealth version on my 335, sacrificing one of the tone pots and making the remaining tone a master tone. Thanks