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ABR-1 Bridge On a USA Gibson®?

  The ABR-1  Tune-O-Matic bridge  was the only adjustable Bridge used on stoptail equipped Gibson guitars from 1957-1974.  In 1974 Gibson introduced the Nashville Bridge. Since then, the ABR-1  has predominantly been installed on the Custom Shop and Historic models, and the Nashville on the USA line. For a detailed understanding of the 2 bridges see my prior blog post,  What Is the Difference Between the Different Bridge Types In 2017, Gibson started using an ABR-1 on it’s USA Models, most notably the very popular Les Paul Traditional.  As of this blog post, I see that Gibson is fitting an ABR-1 on models in both the “Original Collection” and  “Modern Collection”, not only Les Paul, but also the SG and ES models. The first thing to know it that that your ABR-1  guitar bridge  is the same one used on any other Gibson ABR-1. The difference is how your bridge mounts to the guitar. Faber® Has Multiple Upgrade Solutions The  Faber® ABRH ...