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It is not often that Gibson style players get to nut-up and buy hordes of gear like those available to the Fender crowd. You can quot;one betterquot; them, and everyone else with the Gibson TP-6 fine tuner tailpiece...A fine tuner without the off-pitch/time-wasting nastiness of a whammy bar with fine tuners. It is quot;Made in USAquot; (says so right on the bottom of the casting). To my thinking, a TP-6 is a 100% positive experience for a relatively small amount of cash.

The TP-6 tailpiece will not alter a vintage instrument, and is adaptable to Epiphone Les Paul Standards and such, as long as you use the stock Epi body stud/large screw combo that is already with your Epiphone (metric/SAE thread size/thread pitch issues). In fact, with my Epi, the TP-6 fits with less quot;playquot; that the standard Epi tailpiece!

With the TP-6, you can adjust tuning quot;on the flyquot;. For stage musicians, this is awesome for rapid/stealthy/seamless performances for things like bumping-up the unwound third string that has been used for bends! It is also great for for quot;downtunersquot;, as the pitch of the heavy strings with lower tension chords can be affected by mere finger pressure. Standard ratio tuning machines and nut/string tension can make tuning a chore for downtuners. Technical players of all varieties can benefit by having instrument that plays chords in-tune in the upper registers from the ninth fret and beyond.Of course, you will need to have your guitar set up for proper bridge quot;compensationquot; and this critical with ANY quot;electricquot; instrument.

The Gibson TP-6 allows all the other factors of your instrument to come together and allows you to consistently nail those mellow toneful, or visceral skull crunching tones!

They come stock on Gibson's Lucille--BB always removes them!


Originally Posted by saladinThey come stock on Gibson's Lucille--BB always removes them!

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I've thought about giving it a try. My only fear is knocking it out of tune, sometimes I find myself resting the side of my hand on the stoptail.

I have a TP-6 on my '78 Les Paul Deluxe, and I love it. Sprinter

Very convenient no doubt...but they do affect tone....brighter...a little more quot;thinquot; or less open sounding. I never cared for them. The Schaller bridge that Heritage uses is similar tho it doesn't have the fine tuners.

Gibson got it right the first time with the regular stop TP's, IMO.

You may have a point. I put one on my Epi acouple of days ago, and I did notice I had to turn down the treble a bit...and the bass to a lesser extent. The guitar I think has taken on a bit more presence, but I am at a cross roads with my gear because I am changing more than one thing at a time. New guitar/pickups/amp/strings and so forth. So far its worth keeping, and I will adjust.