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Does anyone sell conversion posts or bushings to mount Nashville Gibson bridges on Epiphones and other imports? The spacing of the bushings is off a little bit (2-15/16" vs. 2-29/32") but the mounting holes in the Epi bridges are much larger (.250") than the Gibsons which are tapered (0.163" at the top, 0.193" at the bottom.)
There might be a little slop between the bridge and the posts but tiny holes could be drilled and tapped as done by TonePros (who make a really nice bridge for Epis and other metric imports for ~$50.)
I see two ways to accomplish this:
1. Posts to screw into existing Epi bushing with a smaller shaft on top to fit a Gibson bridge.
2. Adaptor bushings which would fit into the existing ~11mm holes in Epi body but with the smaller threads (M5 × .8) on Gibson posts. (The Epi threads are M8 × 1.25)
I know that some guitar tech/luthiers will fill the existing hole in the Epi body with a hardwood dowel which is redrilled but it would be much easier to use adaptor posts or bushings. BTW a friend did enlarge the holes in a real Gibson bridge so that it would fit an Epiphone but I think that with the plating gone the metal might eventually corrode. Any thoughts on that?
Thanks!
Steve Ahola
P.S. Philadelphia Luthier Tools (a great store!) does sell conversions posts to mount old-style ABR-1 bridges on Epiphones but I'd rather use Nashville bridges.
Import Conversion Posts - Install ABR-1 on Epiphone & other import guitars Nickel - Philadelphia Luthier Tools & Supplies, LLC
P.P.S. I'm going to try out the Guitar Fetish large bushing bridge for $12.95. First class shipping is $4.50. Hmmm... if I bought 2 shipping would have been $13.50 for Priority Mail (no option for First class.) I just replaced a buzzy bridge on my Gretsch G5438 Electromatic Jet with a TonePros metric bridge which I would like to return to my parts stock.
https://guitarfetish.3dcartstores.co...dge_p_444.html
There might be a little slop between the bridge and the posts but tiny holes could be drilled and tapped as done by TonePros (who make a really nice bridge for Epis and other metric imports for ~$50.)
I see two ways to accomplish this:
1. Posts to screw into existing Epi bushing with a smaller shaft on top to fit a Gibson bridge.
2. Adaptor bushings which would fit into the existing ~11mm holes in Epi body but with the smaller threads (M5 × .8) on Gibson posts. (The Epi threads are M8 × 1.25)
I know that some guitar tech/luthiers will fill the existing hole in the Epi body with a hardwood dowel which is redrilled but it would be much easier to use adaptor posts or bushings. BTW a friend did enlarge the holes in a real Gibson bridge so that it would fit an Epiphone but I think that with the plating gone the metal might eventually corrode. Any thoughts on that?
Thanks!
Steve Ahola
P.S. Philadelphia Luthier Tools (a great store!) does sell conversions posts to mount old-style ABR-1 bridges on Epiphones but I'd rather use Nashville bridges.
Import Conversion Posts - Install ABR-1 on Epiphone & other import guitars Nickel - Philadelphia Luthier Tools & Supplies, LLC
P.P.S. I'm going to try out the Guitar Fetish large bushing bridge for $12.95. First class shipping is $4.50. Hmmm... if I bought 2 shipping would have been $13.50 for Priority Mail (no option for First class.) I just replaced a buzzy bridge on my Gretsch G5438 Electromatic Jet with a TonePros metric bridge which I would like to return to my parts stock.
https://guitarfetish.3dcartstores.co...dge_p_444.html
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