Good bridge(not pickup) for an Epi SG

[Arkery]

I wanna upgrade my SG, curious on what a good bridge would be for under 100 dollars (no bridge should really be over 100 dollars anyway...) Thanks for the input :].

[Padrino]

whats wrong with the tune-o-matic? if i were to upgrade anything on my epi sg it'd be the pickups.

[Arkery]

Nothings wrong with it, I'm just curious if anyone out there has tried a better bridge, I already have a 59' and JB in her. I wanna put some Gotahs or Spretzels on her as well.Just kinda re-work her. She's a beaut already, just wanna make her more of a power house than she already is. Is an Earvana nut pretty good? Is it hard to install?

[treedroppings]

go to stewmac dot com they have bridges, so does warmoth I think

upgrading the little bridge parts and getting a bone nut might work at those 2 websites

 

do you wnat a bigsby a maestro tailpiece a kahler might make something too

 

kahler's usually fit w/o modification peterflorance.com usually recommends an aluminum tailpiece w/ his 59 pafs copies

[Padrino]

earvana makes some interesting things. I'm not a huge believer in their products, but i know guys that swear by them. as far as the install goes for it, unless you're really confident, i wouldn't play with a nut install. if things arn't aligned right even with their "compensated tuning system" your intonation is still gonna be toast.

 

if you're set on replacing the bridge, i'd check out a TonePros option though, i've heard they're quite nice.

[Arkery]

Thanks for the input I'll look into what both of you have stated to me. I'm pretty confident in my installation abilities, lol.. I've fixed a busted headstock with pretty limited experience with it, the only part I'm gonna be iffy with is filing the slots down to size, I might have a proffesional do that.

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

The stock hardware on the Epi is not good and you are perfectly right to want to replace them.

 

I'm not sure of the stock bridge pins on there but either an ABR, or a Tuneomatic or nashville bridge fro this selection will do you well, it's all Gotoh on this page

 

http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/gbridge_gotohgibson.htm

 

The lightweight tailpiece is also well worth considering

[poolshark]

http://store.guitarfetish.com/wibrrobrlost.html

 

That's a decent roller bridge for not a lot of coin. I have one, and it's a passable TonePros knockoff.

[Arkery]

The stock hardware on the Epi is not good and you are perfectly right to want to replace them. I'm not sure of the stock bridge pins on there but either an ABR, or a Tuneomatic or nashville bridge fro this selection will do you well, it's all Gotoh on this page http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/gbridge_gotohgibson.htm The lightweight tailpiece is also well worth considering

 

Yeah, it was one of my first guitars, but I don't wanna pawn it or anything, so she's going to the "chop shop" to reawaken the inner beast :]. I think it's a tune-o-matic (possibly a knock off) I will check out both of the sites listen, once more, THANK YOU

[Arkery]

 

http://store.guitarfetish.com/wibrrobrlost.html That's a decent roller bridge for not a lot of coin. I have one, and it's a passable TonePros knockoff.

 

That roller bridge looks good, how does she keep intonation and such?