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  • Converting a V trem to a hard tail?

    Can this be done easily? A friend of mine is considering buying a guitar with a v trem, but wants a fixed bridge. He would prefer to change convert the bridge rather than locking the trem down.

    What say you?
    1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom
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  • #2
    Why convert the bridge? Either blocking the trem or just tightening the screws will accomplish pretty much the same thing, and be reversible.
    This electric phase ain't no teenage craze -UFO

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    • #3
      +1

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      • #4
        I did this to one of those plywood First Act guitars that were sold at Wal-Mart. The first ones that looked like an LP-Jr. doublecut. Involved cutting pieces of wood the size of the holes in the front and back, shaping them up, planing them down, gluing them in. A lot of work, and I didn't even bother trying to fix the paint.

        Just block the trem.
        please don't put it into words, 'cause I fear what you're thinking

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        • #5
          I'd just screw it down, but there's these cool bridges to convert into hardtail... http://www.customshopparts.com/bridges/
          I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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          • #6
            Nice bridges but you're paying $65 + for the same thing as a block of wood .

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            • #7
              as long as the arm is not in and you tighten the screws in the back, it's not going anywhere, right?
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              • #8
                Oh, I agree about blocking the trem, and told him that was the way to go, but he wants a hardtail.

                Thanks for the link, toejam. That is exactly what he wants.
                1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom
                Jackson SLATQH
                Jackson DK2M Inferno Red
                Jackson DK2M With a Learn Custom Paint Job
                Jackson DKMGT (project)
                Kramer Focus 1000
                Ibanez SDGR Bass
                Ovation Celebrity
                Martin Backpacker

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