duane v Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Just a quick one Is there a difference in wired versus non-wired saddles for both ABR1 platform bridges? Reason I'm asking is I can only find nylon saddles that are for non-wired ABR1's. I have guitars with both types, and to the untrained eye I can't see the difference in the saddles. Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Duane, the only guitar I ever owned with the ABR-1 was my ES-339. While, I never had an issue with it, I noticed it wasn't as robust and durable looking as the Nashville, and I worried about it all the time. Those little skinny posts. Those dainty little wires. My saddles were showing (normal) wear when I swapped it off and went all acoustic, but if I would have kept gigging that guitar, I imagine I would have replaced the entire bridge every year or so, just for peace of mind. I have to wonder though, if those skinny post actually contribute to the great tone of that guitar. It was a tone monster going into my Mesa Blue Angel, I mean from large clean to nasty grit, that was a really great sounding guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Murph said: Duane, the only guitar I ever owned with the ABR-1 was my ES-339. While, I never had an issue with it, I noticed it wasn't as robust and durable looking as the Nashville, and I worried about it all the time. Those little skinny posts. Those dainty little wires. My saddles were showing (normal) wear when I swapped it off and went all acoustic, but if I would have kept gigging that guitar, I imagine I would have replaced the entire bridge every year or so, just for peace of mind. I have to wonder though, if those skinny post actually contribute to the great tone of that guitar. It was a tone monster going into my Mesa Blue Angel, I mean from large clean to nasty grit, that was a really great sounding guitar. I had one from the same year and the posts were only anchored about a half inch into the top. And half of that is plywood. They're all like that. I put longer posts in that guitar and my 335. Fortunately I've never had trouble either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 The classic way to reinforce the ABR posts is to add a second thumb wheel tightened all the way down to the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 20 hours ago, badbluesplayer said: I had one from the same year and the posts were only anchored about a half inch into the top. And half of that is plywood. They're all like that. I put longer posts in that guitar and my 335. Fortunately I've never had trouble either. I remember you mentioning that. Man, that's been a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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