Tokai T-Bird

[Bassulike66]

Hi All,

Does anyone know if it's possible to fit a 3 point Gibbo t-bird bridge to a Tokai t-bird?!

Fank you....

[NancyJohnson]

I wouldn't think it would be too much of a problem, but you'd need to drill the body. If you're of a mind, get yourself one of the Hipshot bridges instead of a Gibson/copy, they're way superior and you only need to make two holes as opposed to three. You'll have full control over intonation and individual string height. Woop.
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[Ou7shined]

Ew why would you?
I have an Epi pro IV and I'm over the moon the they come with a "proper" bridge instead of a 3 pointer.

But to answer your question, yes.... but special inserts have to be fitted into the body it's not just a case of drilling and bolting.

[grunge666]

I really wouldn't bother, the Tokai bridge is pretty sound IMHO.
+ there may be an issue with string height. The 3 pointer would be a lot higher than the original I reckon.
Just my 2p's worth.

Edited July 8, 2012 by grunge666

[neepheid]

Of course it's possible, it's only wood and metal. Is it advisable? No. You want to do all this work:

- drill three massive holes into your bass and push threaded inserts into said holes which will probably pop out under string tension, if not right away then over time.
- reroute your bridge earth wire to come out into one of these holes (unless you're lucky and they happen to coincide)
- deal with any neck angle issues (which will be a lot of fun if your Tokai is set neck and would warrant a build thread of its own) because the three point sits half a mile above the surface of the body.
- fill the screw holes that the previous bridge left.

to voluntarily give up the ability to individually adjust your string height? Be happy with your Tokai. I had one once, it was a nice bass. Don't make it worse in some attempt to make it look a bit more Gibson-y.

In summary - possible? Yes. Advisable? No. The three point bridge is nasty - and that's coming from a rabid Gibson fan. I only have one bass which employs that abortion of a bridge and I very quickly replaced it with a Hipshot Supertone.