fender69
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Ran into this on FB and found it mighty interesting. Stephens Design isn't really a slouch outfit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pde3yJ65oGo
"Before I ship back my customer's '68 conversion, I decided to test out all the ABR1 bridges I have in an acoustic only comparison. The '63 bridge was the last year Gibson used brass saddles, so I'm assuming its pretty close to the no wire bridges in '59 era. So, thats the one to listen to. In '64 they went to nylon saddles, yuk. The worst of the bunch was the Gibson Historic which oddly isn't very loud, is bright and rather sterile. The Patent bridge is the one the guitar was built with originally. The Faber bridge is the one I use on all my Les Pauls which are Elitists heavily modified to vintage correct hardware and harness, I notice the bass isn't as tight as the '63..... I also demo the cheap ABR1 that came on the Elitists and its not bad at all."
Any thoughts?
(Think I might try a Faber as I currently have a historic bridge on my 68.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pde3yJ65oGo
"Before I ship back my customer's '68 conversion, I decided to test out all the ABR1 bridges I have in an acoustic only comparison. The '63 bridge was the last year Gibson used brass saddles, so I'm assuming its pretty close to the no wire bridges in '59 era. So, thats the one to listen to. In '64 they went to nylon saddles, yuk. The worst of the bunch was the Gibson Historic which oddly isn't very loud, is bright and rather sterile. The Patent bridge is the one the guitar was built with originally. The Faber bridge is the one I use on all my Les Pauls which are Elitists heavily modified to vintage correct hardware and harness, I notice the bass isn't as tight as the '63..... I also demo the cheap ABR1 that came on the Elitists and its not bad at all."
Any thoughts?
(Think I might try a Faber as I currently have a historic bridge on my 68.)