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Thanks again for your replies. I found a tech who knows what he's doing with these. Turns out the posts were fine, it just needed new strings and a proper setup. Plays and sounds better than it did when new. Also learned that, opposite to what I'd been led to believe, you CAN use the calibrated (Transtrem) strings on the R-Trem, just not the other way around. That allows me to use the D'Addario set. WAY better sounding than the Steinberger strings I'd used for years that Gibson/Epiphone has been out of forever. Would've been nice if they'd answered my emails about what strings to use in lieu of their OS situation.

Thanks for your reply. Yes, the posts appear to be slightly bent. Is there a proper and permanent cure for this condition? I know it costs as much as the guitar itself, but do you know anything about the MGR-Designs replacement bridge?

Reviving this thread because I have the same issue. Does anyone have a solution?

BUMP.....?

Does anybody know FOR SURE what's going on with the Spirit basses? I have an XT-2 that I've had since 2011. It's maple neck-thru with maple wings. Great guitar. I'm thinking of getting a 5-string, so I do some research, since they've since been discontinued and then re-instated. Musician's Friend says they're still made like the one I have. Gibson/Epiphone Customer Service verifies that. BUT... the Epiphone website has two different pages for both the XT-2 and the XT-25, with different specs on each! Depending which page you look at, the body is either Poplar or Basswood, and rather than specifying "neck-thru" they say: "...body and 3-piece Hard Maple neck that together resonate as a single piece of wood." XT-2 Poplar http://www.steinberger.com/page20.html Basswood http://www.steinberger.com/Steinberger-XT-2-Standard-Outfit.html XT-25 Poplar http://www.steinberger.com/page27.html Basswood http://www.steinberger.com/Steinberger-XT-25-Standard-Outfit-5-String.html Anybody got the verifiable real skinny on this?