JM2112 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I've never come across a stop bar or tailpiece with set screws in them. While I don't claim to be an expert I'm pretty certain these parts are not factory Gibson parts. If anyone knows who made them and if they are a quality or junk product I would like to hear your opinion. See pic below. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 That's locking hardware (tonepros?) so that when you take the strings off they don't fall off and stay put at your settings :) I have that on my 2008 Standard which has locking tuners also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 http://www.tonepros.com/products/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Here's a pic of the stock bridge on my 2013 Memphis ES175, that's how it came - you can just about see the grub screw holes....I'm all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM2112 Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Thanks for identifying the maker! Does anyone have any complaints/compliments about them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Thanks for identifying the maker! Does anyone have any complaints/compliments about them? Its kinda neither here nor there really.. They are as good as the normal TOM bridges just with the added extra feature of locking... Apart from that I don't think theres any real difference.. (im sure some would say it improves sustain though :)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Thanks for identifying the maker! Does anyone have any complaints/compliments about them? My michael kelly has that tone pros AVR-2 as stock. I like the fact it locks but I've never found it to increase sustain noticeably compared to the closest gibson model. I wouldnt say a swap from gibson to tone pro's is worth the effort tbh, there's little return for your money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM2112 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 Thanks for the input folks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 considered doing that to several of my existing bridge/bar sets a while back, anybody w/a drill-press, vice, and tap set could do it in about 10 minutes per set. then I asked myself "why" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Tonepros stuff is good. One thing that's good is that when you pull your strings off the thumbwheel won't spin and allow the bridge to move up and down. And the bridge won't move or fall off when the strings are off. AVR-2 bridges have more room for intonation adjustment. I needed one for my ES-339 cause the factory one really wouldn't intonate properly. Tonepros stopbars are cool. They lock to the post at any height, so you can have a rigid stopbar assembly without having to crank the stopbar all the way down against the body of the guitar. Gibson used Tonepros stuff on some of the LP Standards, including the one I bought new in '11 or '12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM2112 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 I bought this ES used and this mod was not mentioned in any description, and I've never seen one before. That's the reason I'm asking. I typically don't have anything against small changes/mods as long as the new part is a quality product and installed correctly, and both seem to be the case here. Thanks for the info folks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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