Gibson ES135 bridge type

Gearhead

Have had a weak moment again, bought Kapeppers ES135 a couple of weeks ago :-[

Absolutely love the guitar, it's everything I wanted in a semi-hollow: thin like an ES335, single cutaway (Florentine) like an ES175, sustain block, thick maple neck, Bigsby trem, burst, no trapeze inlays.
Only bookmatched flames could have improved it in my book. And maybe the P100s are not to everyone's taste, let me see how I feel in a couple of months about those. Can always replace with P90s if needs be, plenty nice ones of those to be gotten. Oh and maybe it would have been nice if the guitar was really very old (tis a 1990), then again I would not want to spend the money on vintage stuff anyway.

She is stock except for the non-factory Bigsby. Here's the thing: I am not entirely happy with the tuning stability upon using this tremolo. I'm actually hoping some Graph Tech String Savers might help. The question is, I am not 100% sure that they fit my bridge and I can not seem to find the exact spec of the 135 anywhere. Apparently the String Savers only fit Nashville bridges. I am also not entirely familiar with the differences between TOM and Nashville or when Gibson fitted which one. Wot naw? Just order and see?

AlanRatcliffe

Congrats on the new guitar.

They are all TOMs, but TOMs are divided into the vintage ABR-1 and the more modern Nashville models. Yours is most likely a Nashville, but it's easy to tell - the Nashville posts screw into an anchor, the ABR-1s screw into the wood.

This is the ABR-1:

This is the Nashville:

Gearhead

Thx, will see what the fastest way is to order the Graph Techs.

AlanRatcliffe

Order from their online store - they have a couple of shipping options if you want fast or cheap. I've got stuff from them within a few days before.