The hipshot tuning buttons are below the plane of the underside of the bridge so it either has to hang off the bottom of the body, or body material has to be remove for clearance. It is a well made bridge though. The Nova system is nice too and more affordable, but the saddles are high, more than likely needs to be recessed for a FSO.There are! The Hipshot is is high quality (that you pay for), Guyker makes a knock off of it that is more affordable (check amazon price vs their website price!). These bridges follow the steinberger design using a claw to hold the ball end with direct pull. There are others that have essentially lateral posts so they are basically tuning pegs turned sideways.
The takeaway is that yes, they are out there!
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That is fair. A lot of P's I've seen have their normal bridge backed up pretty close the the edge of the body so I figured one might be able to drop the hipshot/clone bridge in and it will hang over the back anyways.
The other style I mentioned may not have that issue at all:
I'd forgotten it's the ALP style.... I have ZERO experience so I'll leave that to others to comment on...
Man, that price seems too good to be a decent bit o' kit. But it is tempting...
I think the Guyker would be worth the risk, I have a couple of other products from them and seem they have very good quality machining for metal parts (fret wire bender & brass nut). I also have a bridge just like this on a headless guitar and it is amazingly good quality. Looks like the same mfg, same design but not sure about the weight.
My son and I each bought one of these and they are amazingly good quality. We actually put a pair of Bareknuckle pickups in his… which cost way more than the guitar
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It may depend on your standards and expected uses...
Would I try them out for a personal/experimental build? Sure!
Would I use them in basses I intend to sell? Probably not.
I have the Guyker bridge that I'm planning to use once I finish the Z Clip joint for the neck/body... Apart from the lack of thrust bearings, it seems pretty decent for the price (~$75 iirc)...
I think the Guyker would be worth the risk, I have a couple of other products from them and seem they have very good quality machining for metal parts (fret wire bender & brass nut). I also have a bridge just like this on a headless guitar and it is amazingly good quality. Not sure the same mfg, but same design.
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My son and I both bought one these, and they are amazingly good quality, we actually put a pair of Bareknuckle pickups in his… which cost way more than the guitar
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Lol my brain has to take a moment to process that inset pic as not being simply a magnification of the bridge in the larger pic.... *strings.going.wrong.direction* <smoke shoots out of my ears>
Can you confirm it is a "low profile" design such that apart from maybe redrilling for screws, there would be little additional body mod needed?
It appears to be fairly low profile, and they have not routed into the body for this one on the guitar and it does have the same imprint on the top that says licensed by KD. For $100 I think it’s worth the risk.
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Nice swirl too!These work well too:
Got mine from eBay.
Interesting design! What brand is that?These work well too:
Got mine from eBay.
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Whatever the brand du jour is currently coming out of China.
Chibson maybe? But it's not the illegit "Chibson" of yesteryear.
My girlfriend commented that it looks like the Former Soviet Union. Space-age goodness. I've not yet found fitting knobs for the EMG solid-shaft potentiometers, but she talked me into leaving it alone so that the bare shafts look extra-cool.
I have (had) three of these. I did not have to route to get them to work but I did have to disassemble and modify the intonation wheels on one so that I could get the action low enough. The work was not significantly more difficult than adjusting for action and intonation on any other guitar.
The only big issue I have is that I lost the little adjustment wrench. Sigh. They are super handy!
It’s a really cute tiny magnetic Allen key that sticks in a slot on the side of the bridge.
FYI. I have 2 new bridges I'm not using and would be available to sell. Both new, one Steinberger Drop "D" bridge and NOVA bridge with a headpiece.
Steinberger's from Headless USA.
Good luck. Message me if you have interest.
Steinberger's from Headless USA.
Good luck. Message me if you have interest.
Weird, I used to see all these individual headless headpieces for bass on ebay and now I only see guitar sets...
I have a situation where the spacing is going to be a little odd so I wanted to mount them separately...
Anybody know where they've gone?
I have a situation where the spacing is going to be a little odd so I wanted to mount them separately...
Anybody know where they've gone?
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