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The second and current pair I tried are the Kaish studs, below. Also, the material doesn't appear to be very good steel. I suspect it had already yielded previously and fatigued. This "happened" while tightening the top down.
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I do a lot of automotive work and I'm very torque conscious. So rinse and repeat - and then break after a couple dozen adjustments due to the binding.Īnd no, I didn't "gorilla torque" them. Also, with the nut loose (required), the adjustment is a rough guess. Thin threaded "steel" section stresses from this, yields, fatigues, and eventually breaks. Unfortunately nut rebinds as you turn as it can/will turn too with the stud.
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When done, loosen strings, final tighten nut, final check. Loosen nut, adjust post/bridge height with allen, retighten nut. I chose these as they had a vintage/stock looking appearance. The first pair I tried were the type below. I tried two of the popularly available (I did this on inexpensive guitars, so inexpensive was the direction :- ). Solution: Locking studs! I suspect these also increase sustain. Issue: Wraparound bridges fit loosely on the bridge studs. So far it's a great piece.Interested in other folks experience with locking studs of other types in terms of utility, ease of use, etc.īackground: Had a couple guitars with one-piece wrap-arounds. I'm guessing it's not high grade aluminum, but some sort of alloy and it is light. It is bigger than the PRS piece in the length(?), the 107mm dimension, but I'm ok with that for the price difference. The studs were nice and fit in the bushing in the guitar about as well as the TonePros studs that were in there. There were 2 or 3 minor pits in the chrome on the back but it was otherwise pristine and smooth. It arrived today and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality. I can get around that by putting an old gift card on the top of the guitar to protect it, or just pull the bridge off and load all the strings off the guitar. The only fault I could find was that when new strings are inserted, they emerge angled towards the top of the guitar, like alot of other designs. The ebay ad said it was aluminum but I was doubtful at that price point. That's when I stumbled on the Wilkinson GTB. A new one was north of $200 and the aforementioned options were cheaper than a used one. Unfortunately PRS went bat shit crazy when they priced their aftermarket parts. TonePros and Pigtail were pretty obvious choices but I really like the wraparounds on my PRSi. I was looking for a wider bridge for one of my wraparound guitars so the twists at the end of the strings wouldn't dig into my palm.
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