[quote name='iloveturtles' timestamp='1464897083' post='3063685']
Hello all.
I just bought a Hipshot Supertone for my Epiphone Thunderbird which will eventually be a Fenderbird.
I assembled it and the first impression I got was, wow, this is huge.
It's really thick and after looking closely on the saddles it looks like you would need to have the pickups super high up.
Just like the Epi-T looks like stock.
Am I right in this? I really hate that huge gap between the strings and the body that the Epi-T stock has.
Am I better off just buying a Gotoh or Badass?
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It's designed to directly replace the three pointer, so it's going to directly replace it, string height and all. If you're intent on keeping the three point bridge mounting you might get a lower down solution with the Babicz three point replacement (it has a spacer plate to bring it up to three point height but obviously it can be omitted) but I can't confim that having never held one in my hand or worked with one. I never had a bother with the Supertone on my Gibson RD or NR Thunderbird, but I didn't have a problem with where the strings were on them originally so that might have something to do with it