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Hello, I've tried everywhere and can't find the spec for the string spacing on an Epiphone Thunderbird vintage pro, does anyone know ? ideally I would like the dimensions of the bridge posts and the spacing of the holes for the claw tailpiece as well

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Hello, I am resurrecting a bashed up a vintage pro that I bought for peanuts and I need a new bridge. I was thinking of getting a Hipshot tune-o-matic bridge & tailpiece rather than a stock one but they come in two versions with different string spacings. Apart from the spacing, I've been told the Hipshot should be a simple drop-in job .

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According to lowendlobster, the Hipshot Supertone TWO point bridge is a drop in replacement for the Epiphone Newport bass which uses the same bridge/tailpiece arrangement as the T-bird and Embassy.  He says D style first but it doesn't fit.

 

 

Also, you'll need to make sure you get metric bolts for it - the Supertone should come with metric and imperial bolts but that's the three point, dunno if the two point Supertone comes with metric bolts as it is principally aimed at replacing the bridges on pre 1972 USA Gibsons.  Hope that helps!

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3 minutes ago, michael2003x said:

Thanks for the picture (and for mentioning the Hipshot before )  it has convinced me to get the stock bridge...................if I can find one ! 🤔

 

Have you tried contacting Gibson?  They're useless when it comes to old, out of production stuff, but when the bridge pickup on my Gibson EB (2014) failed they sent me a replacement without an issue.  Mind you, they wouldn't/couldn't supply me with a gold three point bridge, but that was me not replacing like for like - the bass I was working on never came with a gold one and I was chancing my arm :D

 

If you approach it from the point of view of repairing a broken product then you might have more success - I was too honest...

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