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Hi guys,Have any of you ever played a strat/tele type bolt-on like guitar with a TOM instead of a strat/tele hardtail bridge? Can anyone tell me what the tonal difference and/or any technical advantages it has over a standard tele string though body hardtail? muchos gracias =)

I believe this is the setup Jeff Beck used when Seymour built him his famous Tele/Gib. I know from first hand experience that Seymour plays a Tele with a TOM. Sounds incredible, so there must be something to it, or Seymour wouldn't play it.

Seymours Tele-Gib uses a stop bar/tune-o-matic but the one he built for JHeff has a Tele ashtray bridge cut down so a bucker will fit.

The Jackson I'm giving away has a TOM and string through. For me it's a feel thing. I cant get used to trems.

No doubt *to me* the tone is better than with a Floyd. I dont have any experience comparing a Strat or Tele w/ TOM to a hardtail fender bridge tho, sorry.


Originally Posted by the guy who invented fireSeymours Tele-Gib uses a stop bar/tune-o-matic but the one he built for JHeff has a Tele ashtray bridge cut down so a bucker will fit.

Thanks for setting me straight bro!

I like the tune-o-matic better than the standard Fender hardtails, but that's because I like how the bridge is raised up off the body and in turn raises the strings away from the body. Doing this requires one of the following:
-shim the neck to account for the string angle
-rout the neck pocket to account for the string angle
-recess the TOM (which in my case defeats the purpose of the TOM)

I can't give an accurate description of tone because my Warmoth soloist with a TOM is a carved top mahogony guitar, so it's probably closer to a LP (-maple top) than a Strat.