Supertone replacement bridge!

Basvarken · January 15, 2015, 03:57:53 PM

Haha, replace those butt ugly Hipshot monstrosities with proper three point bridges

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Supertone-Chrome-Bass-Bridge-Saddles-Gibson-USA-SG-Bass-Replacement-Bridge-/251785586064?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3a9f972590

And the price is right too!
Tssss...

Dave W · January 15, 2015, 09:27:25 PM

Is this a genuine Gibson bridge being sold as a Supertone?

uwe · January 16, 2015, 05:09:55 AM

Amazing: Do I understand the concept of the bridge correctly that string height is not adjusted via the saddles but via the bolts of the bridge platform? In-geeee-neeee-ous. Why has no one thought of it before I cry?! None of this fiddling with those fairy miniscule allen thingies, instead you get to do real work with a manly sized screwdriver!!!

Finally a bridge for all us lumbersexuals.

And: You know you are a girl if you don't come to grips with it. The bridge to set the men apart from the boys. Supertone for superguys.

Granny Gremlin · January 16, 2015, 06:03:35 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on January 15, 2015, 03:57:53 PM
Haha, replace those butt ugly Hipshot monstrosities with proper three point bridges

Daaaaaaamn right!

neepheid · January 16, 2015, 07:07:27 AM

Ha, I did spy that.

Three point bridge is NOT my friend right now - I was doing some work on my Midtown and I had the audacity to stretch the strings, as I have done on many occasions in the past on many basses. Damn body insert lifted out of the body, chipping the finish around the hole. Damn it all to hell and back again! I managed to lift the insert out with my fingers and push it back in place, must have changed the orientation of it because it stayed down, but I still have finish damage. Which I hope to hide at some point in the future with either a Supertone or a Babicz.

Not happy. It's not the first time I've had posts lift out under string tension (usually due to incorrect front/back angle of the bridge as a whole), but this is the first time one has spectacularly decided to make a bid for freedom when I'm stretching my strings.

66Atlas · January 16, 2015, 08:33:46 AM

Does it come in black?

TBird1958 · January 16, 2015, 08:43:15 AM

Quote from: 66Atlas on January 16, 2015, 08:33:46 AM
Does it come in black?

Of course it does! I keep an unused one in the drawer, next to my fave lacy undies

Basvarken · January 16, 2015, 08:51:19 AM

Quote from: Dave W on January 15, 2015, 09:27:25 PM
Is this a genuine Gibson bridge being sold as a Supertone?

Looks like it yes.

Although -for all we know- it might even be a Chinese copy of a regular three point.

Granny Gremlin · January 16, 2015, 08:54:10 AM

Quote from: neepheid on January 16, 2015, 07:07:27 AMDamn body insert lifted out of the body, chipping the finish around the hole. Damn it all to hell and back again! I managed to lift the insert out with my fingers and push it back in place, must have changed the orientation of it because it stayed down, but I still have finish damage. Which I hope to hide at some point in the future with either a Supertone or a Babicz.

Not happy. It's not the first time I've had posts lift out under string tension (usually due to incorrect front/back angle of the bridge as a whole), but this is the first time one has spectacularly decided to make a bid for freedom when I'm stretching my strings.

This is not the fault of the bridge so much as bad installation by Gibson (surprise).... though, I do say the knurls on the bushings have shrunk over the years. The vintage ones have bigger teeth and hold better.

uwe · January 16, 2015, 09:51:59 AM

Quote from: neepheid on January 16, 2015, 07:07:27 AM
Ha, I did spy that.

Three point bridge is NOT my friend right now - I was doing some work on my Midtown and I had the audacity to stretch the strings, as I have done on many occasions in the past on many basses. Damn body insert lifted out of the body, chipping the finish around the hole. Damn it all to hell and back again! I managed to lift the insert out with my fingers and push it back in place, must have changed the orientation of it because it stayed down, but I still have finish damage. Which I hope to hide at some point in the future with either a Supertone or a Babicz.

Not happy. It's not the first time I've had posts lift out under string tension (usually due to incorrect front/back angle of the bridge as a whole), but this is the first time one has spectacularly decided to make a bid for freedom when I'm stretching my strings.

There is an Avenger among us!!!