RobJH Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I purchased a new Gibson Les Paul Standard from American Musical last year, well I recently had a pro tech set it up and he told me this wasn't the stock tailpiece. he said it looked like a tone pro If figured you guys would know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Yep, looks like a Tonepros locking tailpiece and bridge. Gibson was putting those on some models, not sure which ones. I bought a 2014 Traditional from AMS with that hardware earlier this year but sent it back. Trads should not have the locking hardware. The second 2014 Trad I got from AMS did not have locking hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Looked it up, the 2013 comes like that: The innovative pairing of a locking TonePros™ Tune-o-Matic bridge and Stopbar tailpiece ensures solid sustain and precise intonation, while a set of high-quality locking Grover™ kidney-button tuners ensures smooth, accurate tuning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobJH Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 Awesome find! Thanks. For a second there I was thinking I got an open box Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 The Standard 2012 came stock with the locking TonePros parts, too. The Tune-O-Matic bridge is still on mine, but the stopbar had to go for a Gibson TP-6. These come non-locking only but I love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I purchased a new Gibson Les Paul Standard from American Musical last year, well I recently had a pro tech set it up and he told me this wasn't the stock tailpiece. he said it looked like a tone pro If figured you guys would know... Sometimes techs should be more cautious instead of making people wild through spreading rumours due to ignorance. Your technician was right in saying that these are TonePros parts, but as long as he didn't check if they possibly came as stock equipment, he better had kept quiet. Forgot to mention: Nice guitar with a beautiful top. I think it's a Honeyburst like my 2012? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobJH Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 He's actually Chris Broderick's (Megadeth) tech. He also was Jerry Cantrell and Zakk Wyldes tech at one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwrmac7600 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 1404596962[/url]' post='1537546']The Standard 2012 came stock with the locking TonePros parts, too. The Tune-O-Matic bridge is still on mine, but the stopbar had to go for a Gibson TP-6. These come non-locking only but I love them. You can always buy locking studs for the tailpiece, that is what I have on my Paul's. I keep the stock tailpiece and just swapped the posts with locking posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.