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I have a number of Gibson Basses with three-point bridges on them. I don't mind them and can usually get them playing pretty well.
So, recently I picked up an '87 TBIrd. Someone had screwed with the three-point bridge and bent an arch into the base plate, I guess trying to match the arch of the fingerboard. Anyway, they had put a crack in the base, so I bought a replacement.
In looking at Gibby three-point replacements, I noticed most older ones have flate bass plates but I did run across a couple with slight arches to the base.
Did Gibson actually make two versions of the base, one flat and one arched? Or was the arched one something done aftermarket? I gues an arched one would make sense for one of the basses that had a slightly arched top ?
But wondering if anyone knows for sure if any models definitely had arched three-point bridges?
Also, the saddles in my broken three-point were not the typical T-shaped ones. They were straight rectangles with no T at the top. Anyone know if any three-point bridges came with those or did someone swap another brand of saddles onto it?