GRAPH TECH RESOMAX - The Ultimate Les Paul upgrade!

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GRAPH TECH RESOMAX - The Ultimate Les Paul upgrade!

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I noticed a few unwanted rattles and buzzes coming the bridge end of my Les Paul recently. Not cool. As she is going in for a REFRET soon I figured I would sort all this out. I got in touch with the AWESOME people at Graph Tech again and they hooked me up with some new killer parts.

Thanks guy!

Check out all the other amazing products they make. Real worth while upgrades!

Peace,

S

[grimora-dgvq]

Great design. These are essentially like a roller bridge without the rollers center post that can sometimes bind. Leave it to Graph Tech to resolve an age old bad design problem. And the magnetic saddle, brilliant.

[SkyView]

I don't know, I have never had an issue with my bridge falling off, string seem to hold them on pretty well. 😁👍

[eze]

4 years later, do you still recommend these pieces? Or only worthwhile if bridge collapsed like yours?

[ryanwalker]

I just put together Les Paul from stratosphere. and I made that mistake of getting the metric post. All I did was email them and they set the inches for free.

[erichansen]

Way cool video. I'm getting a new bridge/tailpiece set in two weeks, just watching and trying to decide. This will be for my 2000 Les Paul 1960 Classic Reissue. I got the graphtech multi-geared locking Ratio Machine heads as well. I don't know why I got them and waited a year to put them on. They are fantastic as far as string changing and staying in tune. The reissue machine heads I didn't like and swapped out after a year with Grover because the bass player/singer stopped at the music store and said, get new tuners, i'm buying and tired of you tuning up all the time. I had Grover machine heads on 21 years. I did take the advise from a video to not have my stings wrap around the post on locking tuners especially for the wound strings, keeping them free from binding on the wrap just before the string comes off the post. I don't know if it's the string almost around the post or the locking mechanism and I don't have a locking nut on this guitar, but you would think so. This guitar stays in tune very well and every string reacts the same when tuning up. Any feedback on the wrap thing, not the long winded thing? Supposedly, I haven't studied it, they say you can go from say E standard to drop D with one full turn for the 6th string on this system and you are there, I say 97% there. I think the EVH D-Tuna is better in that case. It's not the easiest to install, maybe it is since I didn't put any of the screws in. In my case one screw hole is lined up out of 12 for the backing plates, so I left it off until I'm convinced wood screw hole filler and drilling 11 new holes is the way to go. If I did line up the screw holes there is a whole lot more wood to come out of the tuning post area. Mounting plates were included, but I bought the upgraded InvisoMatch Plates to match the other new hardware. The plates are still sandwiched in because of the alignment nipple on the machine head and it wouldn't be flush without them. They cover up the original blemishes which isn't a big deal just gives it a more finished look. Maybe I should leave the bridge/tailpiece on the shelf for a year.

[MindFullCheeseburger]

i got a gibson les paul classic from 2016 plain top not sure what kind of bridge i can replace the tune o matic one for. i saw theres also a Kluson USA Metric To USA Thread Conversion Posts i can get but unsure if i need em i want nickel hardware not chrome any help with specs or suggestions would be nice thanks!

[jamesk]

Are your tuners locking and with the nickel finish like your tail piece and bridge?

[williamsterling]

I broke the headstock off of a aged white 1972 les paul custom . It was in the early 90's and I had it leaning up against a Marshall halfe stack because I didn't have a stand. On way to the lew I tripped over the cord and end of my les paul phase.

[jerbear]

Ever wonder why you have scratches running across your guitar top from your tailpiece to your strap button?

[TheOneAndOnlyKurtNobrain]

I would be worried about the magnetic bridge and tailpiece altering with the magnetic field of the pickups, but I might be a little paranoid.

[davidmurray]

Are they over wrap? How much is a set? Cool looking well made parts, I was thinking of buying some brass saddles and fitting them in, but these seem a much better idea

[pakok]

Wooow, are amazing upgrade, I have epiphone les paul standard top Plus with always saw u videos, y are a great guitar player and teacher!. ... cheers from Mexico... Chingon tu video. - it´s mean AMAZING VIDEO.

[jeeeeev]

Do I really need to upgrade the tailpiece too?

[markhill]

Crikey mate, didn't know you had done this! Just got a 2nd hand, Agile LP Jnr, 2 P90's. The action is awesome, i can actually set it even along the whole neck and too low! Not that i finally did, but that how good the neck is! But the bastard won't intonate with the wraparound that's on it! So after doing my homework i actually bought the graphtech resomax, liked the impregnated saddles. Question for you, what P90's do you find you really love. At the moment for what a can test being out of intonation, i find i'm liking the stock whatever they are. But what k pots and caps would you use? Bugger me and i found this without consulting the master! Pure luck! Great minds think a like, fools band together! Maybe i'm just a Fool In The Rain!

[joehenry]

For anybody looking at these. I put one of these into a t386 about 18 months ago - it's already collapsed. 10 - 46 strings and high tailpiece (not bolted down at all). I really liked the sound bit now has a 1mm dip in the middle of the bridge. I've contacted their customer support - will wait and see what they say - but this is not really fit for purpose in my experience. Normally when you hear about a collapsed bridge its pig metal from the 1970's. So real issue with this product - not best pleased.

[mikkyb]

how's it sound with these in place?

[toneseeker]

Awesome video, Sped! I've been on youtube for 2 days, comparing every LP type bridge known to mankind, and now I'm done.. finished...and exhausted! This is ABSOLUTELY the kind of bridge sytem I've been unknowingly looking for. It's 5:30 pm Chrismas Eve here in the Great State of Texas, U.S. of A., and I will be on the phone with Graph Tech first thing Saturday (hopefully they'll be open) to buy 3 of these bridges. Man, I wish I'd have seen your video first. That's on me... I should have KNOWN to check with Sped instead...Thanks for posting, Brother! Merry Christmas...and be safe!

[BeesWaxMinder]

2:24 - forgive me but I cannot fathom how on Earth a tailpiece can be put on backwards and still resist the tension of the strings🤯

[_seventh_son]

what about the saddles, how do u adjust those after installing the new pieces?

[jasoncdebussy]

"Permanently lubricated.. like me" 😂