Briscriggs Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Need help with accuratly drilling and installing tunomatic bridge on les paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menaceg Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Drill Press, Good Bits... If you are using a les paul scale, measure from the nut 24.75 inches (or what ever your scale is) and mark it of. The rest is easy man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another doug Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 If you type your scale length into the StewMac Fret Calculator it gives you the drilling locations for a variety of different bridges. That, measuring several times to check that it will be correct, using the right tools, and a bit of common sense, and you should be in good shape. Edit: make sure you know the TRUE scale length. Although Les Pauls are usually listed as 24.75", they are often slightly different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainzy Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 The ABR part is slanted on an LP as you've probably seen, with the bass side closer to the tailpiece than the treble side. To place the bridge, measure the scale length from the nut, when you reach the scale length, use that to place the treble side mounting screw, and then slant it on the bass side from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another doug Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 The ABR part is slanted on an LP as you've probably seen, with the bass side closer to the tailpiece than the treble side. To place the bridge, measure the scale length from the nut, when you reach the scale length, use that to place the treble side mounting screw, and then slant it on the bass side from there. If you check the stewmac calculator and type in a scale length of 24.75 (for example, I don't know what the true scale of the guitar in question is), you'll notice that the treble-side post should be located at 24.811" give or take .030". You want the high E saddle to sit at the scale length when it's adjusted forward, so the post needs to sit a little further back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Yes, the position of the saddles should always be at the correct scale length when fully forward as they will never need to be moved forwards, only backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Yes, the position of the saddles should always be at the correct scale length when fully forward as they will never need to be moved forwards, only backwards. My experience tells me otherwise. But each to his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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