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  Guitarists always look for something that can help them get a little more from their instrument. They modify and upgrade the instruments because they expect better quality of music. For Gibson Les Paul guitars there are a lot of mods and upgrades available to do so. So, here are a few things that you can do to  upgrade your guitar   or improve your Les Paul and get a few locking bridges or tailpieces. Upgrades: When it comes to upgrades many guitarists are mistaken by a belief that modifying the guitar aspects can help them sell their guitar at a high price.. When you add a new hardware to your guitar, it doesn’t mean you can increase the value of your instrument. Mostly, buyers would like the guitar in its original form. So, original guitar parts   matter when you want to sell your Les Paul guitar. Should you go for Nashville or ABR-1? ABR-1 Bridge   has an old design and the mass area is also less. In this small area of contact with the body of guitar, Faber...

  Since the electric guitar produces sound by amplifying the strings’ vibrations across a metal plate, the type of electric guitar string used heavily influences the sound quality and overall tone of the instrument. While selecting the proper electric guitar string may seem like a daunting task, understanding each of the factors that affect guitar sound and taking the time to research and experiment can help take some of the guesswork out of the process. Read on for advice on how to find the electric guitar strings that best match your electric guitar and playing style. Electric guitar strings are one of the important  guitar parts  and are manufactured in a variety of thicknesses, or gauges. Designated in thousandths of an inch, the lightest gauges are typically an .008 and the heaviest a .56. Although each string technically has a different gauge, as thinner strings produce higher notes and vice versa, the gauge is identified by the diameter of the thinnest st...

  Guitarists always look for something that can help them get a little more from their instrument. They modify and upgrade the instruments because they expect better quality of music. For Gibson Les Paul guitars there are a lot of mods and upgrades available to do so. So, here are a few things that you can do to  upgrade your guitar  or improve your Les Paul and get a few locking bridges or tailpieces. Upgrades: When it comes to upgrades many guitarists are mistaken by a belief that modifying the guitar aspects can help them sell their guitar at a high price.. When you add a new hardware to your guitar, it doesn’t mean you can increase the value of your instrument. Mostly, buyers would like the guitar in its original form. So, original guitar parts matter when you want to sell your Les Paul guitar. ABR-1 Bridgehas an old design and the mass area is also less. In this small area of contact with the body of guitar, Faber design works exceptionally well. It becomes more stab...

  Tune-o-matic bridge  as found on Gibson and other guitars was designed by Ted McCarty and introduced in the mid 1950s as the ABR-1. The design was updated by Schaller in the 1970s and the new bridge being termed the “Nashville” bridge by players as its introduction coincided with the Gibson factory’s move from Kalamazoo to Nashville. These bridges do suffer from one problem – they can collapse under string tension. This makes achieving a consistent string height across the fretboard impossible and can cause the inner strings to buzz. Fortunately this problem can be fixed by gently bending the bridge back using a vice. If this is done carefully and slowly the bridge can be re-straightened as shown below: If the bridge has been previously bent and straightened however, metal fatigue can cause the bridge to crack and then there is no alternative but to fir a replacement. Read More:  https://manchesterguitartech.co.uk/2015/01/15/correcting-collapsed-tune-o-matic-bridge...