What bridge anchor do I need for these schaller posts?

lovestrat74 · August 2023

Posts are 7mm. The bridge is a schaller roller bridge. The posts do have theads on them like "normal" tom posts.

GluedtoMusic · August 2023

I may be misreading your post but in the photo both parts you need are present, the bottom 7mm section up to the lip is a standard Gibson Nashville body bushing (this is pressed into the guitar body) and from the thread upwards is the post that screws into the bushing

BillDL · August 2023

Is it the Schaller STM Roller Bridge:

https://www.gluedtomusic.com/products/907/schaller-stm-roller-tune-o-matic-bridge-nickel/

https://images.gluedtomusic.com/products/11ca5e22-7eaa-44b8-ba15-a006c8a3c8b8/schaller-stm-roller-tune-o-matic-bridge-nickel.jpg

lovestrat74 · August 2023

GluedtoMusic said:

I may be misreading your post but in the photo both parts you need are present, the bottom 7mm section up to the lip is a standard Gibson Nashville body bushing (this is pressed into the guitar body) and from the thread upwards is the post the screws into the bushing

I didn't know you were on here @GluedtoMusic ;

I have an epiphone LP, so I am not sure that the anchor/bushings (I always get confused with the terminology) that currently sit in my guitar are compatible. Do I need gibson/imperial sized bushings or should the schaller post fit my metric bushings?

lovestrat74 · August 2023

BillDL said:

Is it the Schaller STM Roller Bridge:

https://www.gluedtomusic.com/products/907/schaller-stm-roller-tune-o-matic-bridge-nickel/

https://images.gluedtomusic.com/products/11ca5e22-7eaa-44b8-ba15-a006c8a3c8b8/schaller-stm-roller-tune-o-matic-bridge-nickel.jpg

That's the one Bill

GluedtoMusic · August 2023

Can you post a photo of the bridge currently on your Epiphone? It will likely have larger 8mm threaded posts and bushings, so if you are trying to fit a Schaller STM roller bridge you will need the conversion posts in the link below, these have a larger bottom thread than the standard STM posts in your photo and will screw into the bushings pressed into your Epiphone's body, you will then be able to mount the STM,

https://schaller.info/en/replacement-kits-for-bridges/242/1-pair-of-height-adjustment-srews-stm-m8?c=40

BillDL · August 2023

@lovestrat74 ; You're clearly in safe hands. Coincidentally I had actually just finished looking through "Tune-o-Matic" bridges, tailpieces and mounting posts on the Glued To Music Website while wondering whether to swap out the vintage style ABR bridge with the threaded posts that screw directly into the body for one that uses post bushings pressed into the body.

lovestrat74 · August 2023

GluedtoMusic said:

Can you post a photo of the bridge currently on your Epiphone? It will likely have larger 8mm threaded posts and bushings, so if you are trying to fit a Schaller STM roller bridge you will need the conversion posts in the link below, these have a larger bottom thread than the standard STM posts in your photo and will screw into the bushings pressed into your Epiphone's body, you will then be able to mount the STM,

https://schaller.info/en/replacement-kits-for-bridges/242/1-pair-of-height-adjustment-srews-stm-m8?c=40

I think this is the only option. Because it is an Epi the bushings are bigger in diameter that imperial ones, so I would have to plug and redrill in order to fit them...

I take it you do not stock them? More expensive and a PITA getting anything from EU these days

Thanks for your help

BillDL · August 2023

https://www.btnmusic.co.uk/product/schaller-stm-studs-m8/

That's where I bought my Schaller STM bridge to replace the collapsed and cracked one on my Fender Flame (Master Series).

lovestrat74 · August 2023

BillDL said:

https://www.btnmusic.co.uk/product/schaller-stm-studs-m8/

That's where I bought my Schaller STM bridge to replace the collapsed and cracked one on my Fender Flame (Master Series).

Thanks Bill, but all variants are out of stock.

lovestrat74 · August 2023

lovestrat74 said:

BillDL said:

https://www.btnmusic.co.uk/product/schaller-stm-studs-m8/

That's where I bought my Schaller STM bridge to replace the collapsed and cracked one on my Fender Flame (Master Series).

Thanks Bill, but all variants are out of stock.

Looks like Thomann do them, but not worth the postage.. https://www.thomann.de/gb/schaller_stm_studs_m8_n.htm

Think I'll just stick with the good ol TOM for now

GluedtoMusic · August 2023

lovestrat74 said:

I take it you do not stock them?

We don't stock that particular conversion post unfortunately

BillDL said:

wondering whether to swap out the vintage style ABR bridge with the threaded posts that screw directly into the body for one that uses post bushings pressed into the body.

Let me know if you need anything

BillDL · August 2023

Thanks @GluedtoMusic ; I have what seems to be an odd-ball bridge on a newly acquired 80s (Japanese) Westbury that seems to have a peculiarly narrow string spacing of 10, 10.1, or perhaps 10.2mm. I will certainly contact you if I can't see what I need on your site. Thanks.

lovestrat74 · August 2023

Have you got any discount codes for the guys and gals on the fretboard forum @GluedtoMusic ? I am looking to purchase a gotoh tailpiece and tuners

GluedtoMusic · August 2023

Unfortunately not at the moment but we hope to add that functionality to the website in the future (but in the mean time we haven't raised Gotoh or most other prices in years while suppliers have all gone up so take advantage while it lasts

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