Members ksl Posted April 19 Members Share Posted April 19 (edited) Greetings..... If my memory serves me well, my long gone 57 single pup Jr, & my 59 2 pup TV Yellow Special, had those stop tailpieces that had very little mass to them..... My current Jared James Nichols Epi has a beastly heavy type wraparound tailpiece, which begs the question, do the lower mass stops offer more potential sustain than the intonatable chuncks of stops? If so, I think I'd be willing to forego the ability to intonation & be happier with a more resonant lightweight stop.... Thoughts & results?? Many thnx!! Edited April 19 by ksl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted April 20 Members Share Posted April 20 I haven't done it on a Gibson styled guitar, but on an Ibanez JS700. Changed the wraparound to a light weight Wilkenson one. No perceivable loss of sustain, but it did sound more "open and airy" if that makes sense. The guitar just felt a bit more "alive". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted April 22 Members Share Posted April 22 On 4/19/2024 at 5:26 AM, ksl said: do the lower mass stops offer more potential sustain than the intonatable chuncks of stops? More likely less (if you can tell) because they're more likely to resonate in sympathy with the strings, taking away vibrational energy. But they may well make it sound more open and less compressed - I had this with a strat, swapping the stainless block saddles over to traditional pressed sheet steel jobs, opening the guitar up nicely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted April 23 Members Share Posted April 23 21 hours ago, Ancient Mariner said: More likely less (if you can tell) because they're more likely to resonate in sympathy with the strings, taking away vibrational energy. But they may well make it sound more open and less compressed - I had this with a strat, swapping the stainless block saddles over to traditional pressed sheet steel jobs, opening the guitar up nicely. I had the same experience with a Strat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted May 10 Members Share Posted May 10 Harmonic support is the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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