rednefceleb Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Are Gibson Les Paul and Epiphone Les Paul Tribute Plus Tunomatic bridges the same dimensions? I would like to upgrade at least the saddles to brass. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Zeplin Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Are Gibson Les Paul and Epiphone Les Paul Tribute Plus Tunomatic bridges the same dimensions? I would like to upgrade at least the saddles to brass. Thanks. Gibson USA uses a Nashville bridge. Epi uses its version of the ABR1. They are not a direct replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 No, Gibson parts are 'imperial' - Epi parts are 'metric' eventually you need adaptor-studs Interestingly it is just vice versa on mine. My Gibsons use metric parts, my Epiphone Tribute LP came with imperial ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 That would be another "first" :o you really have strange guitars.... search for parts at stewmac and you'll see what they say they might have sold the wrong parts over the last decades and nobody had complained All my Gibson Nashville Tune-O-Matic posts are M5 (5 mm), and Schaller STMC M5 parts match their bushings. My Epi's both bridge and tailpiece posts are 5/16 ". Gibson USA tailpiece studs from (in my case) 1973 to 2013 are M8 x 1 (8 mm diameter, 1 mm flank lead, which means fine pitch thread). The Gibson M5 and M8 x 1 threads apply to eight Gibson USA guitars of mine each. My hardtail Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul has the same historic 5/16 " tailpiece threads as my Epiphone which sadly makes their both bushings unsuitable for the metric TP-6 studs. The historic bridge posts on it are 1/8 ". I just confirmed by measurements with a caliper, and I can't suppose that these dimensions would appear on my guitars only... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Interestingly it is just vice versa on mine. My Gibsons use metric parts, my Epiphone Tribute LP came with imperial ones. I have to correct this: My Gibson USA guitars have metric threads on bridges and tailpieces, my Gibson Custom Shop and Epiphone guitars imperial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 That would be another "first" :o you really have strange guitars.... search for parts at stewmac and you'll see what they say they might have sold the wrong parts over the last decades and nobody had complained No problem here, at Thomann they sell most parts with correct specs listed. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednefceleb Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 No, Gibson parts are 'imperial' - Epi parts are 'metric' eventually you need adaptor-studs Thanks for letting me in on "imperial" measure. I will study this new caliber. Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 All my Gibson Nashville Tune-O-Matic posts are M5 (5 mm), and Schaller STMC M5 parts match their bushings. My Epi's both bridge and tailpiece posts are 5/16 ". Gibson USA tailpiece studs from (in my case) 1973 to 2013 are M8 x 1 (8 mm diameter, 1 mm flank lead, which means fine pitch thread). The Gibson M5 and M8 x 1 threads apply to eight Gibson USA guitars of mine each. My hardtail Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul has the same historic 5/16 " tailpiece threads as my Epiphone which sadly makes their both bushings unsuitable for the metric TP-6 studs. The historic bridge posts on it are 1/8 ". I just confirmed by measurements with a caliper, and I can't suppose that these dimensions would appear on my guitars only... Hi Capmaster, Just as a matter of interest do you know whether the Chinese "Epiphone" TP6 tailpieces sold on ebay are metric (direct copies of Gibson)or imperial (in which case they would fit Epiphone guitars)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Hi Capmaster, Just as a matter of interest do you know whether the Chinese "Epiphone" TP6 tailpieces sold on ebay are metric (direct copies of Gibson)or imperial (in which case they would fit Epiphone guitars)? Hello Pin, can you provide a link to the offer you are referring to, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Hello Pin, can you provide a link to the offer you are referring to, please? Yep, sure. But since I last looked on there, here is a guy selling them from Lithuania: Item number: 261329816361 They are still available from Hong Kong! EDIT: I asked a question of the seller and he says that the "Epiphone" TP6 is identical to the Gibson version so presumably will not fit Epiphone guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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