aluminum din ba yung posts? if not, then walang difference sa stock posts. might as well keep it as it is. hassle pa yung if the original whole left my the stock anchors are bigger. you have to fill in pa. if smaller naman, you have to route pa. hassle!
i dont think it would make a noticeable difference if the post were aluminum or not. the stoptail is a different story though.
then again, you can always taper that extra length on the screws with a little 'lagari' action.
@grasyaps:
There was actually no problem with fitting the GOTOH TAILPIECE STUDS. It fits perfectly in the STOCK ANCHORS/BUSHINGS for the tailpiece. What Rmansh I think was referring to was the problem I had where the GOTOH BRIDGE STUD/POST can not be tightened all the way down the STOCK ANCHOR/BUSHING due to an offset in the post thread, so I had to use the STOCK BRIDGE STUD/POST with the STOCK ANCHOR/BUSHINGS.
Right now the only stock hardware left on the body of the guitar were the BRIDGE STUD/POST AND BUSHING and the TAILPIECE ANCHOR/BUSHING. For me, this is just fine. The important thing was replacing the bridge and the the tailpiece with Gotoh parts. The stock bridge studs fits perfectly with the Gotoh Bridge anyway so I'm not killing the coupling of vibrations from the bridge to the body by using the stock bridge studs.
anyways i have a question. how would you know if US or metric ung replacement na kinuha mo, ung magfifit sa measurements ng guitara mo? was it because it was MIC so it has the metric as opposed to had it been US made, it utilized US specd hardware?
i might need new poles so i wanna change the whole stop tail assembly altogether with an aluminum set. thanks.
I'm not sure for other brands or guitars but between a
Gibson and Epiphone Les Pauls here's what I know.
For the bridge: saddle radius, string spacing, post spacing are the same.
Gibson LP - Standard posts (also referred to as small posts), M4 x 7 threads.
Epiphone LP - Studs with bushing (also referred to as large posts with anchor), M8 x 1.25 thread.
So if you're buying a replacement bridge for an Epiphone for example, you want one with large posts or studs and M8 (metric) thread.
For the tailpiece: radius, string spacing, post spacing are the same.
Gibson LP - USA Thread or 5/16"-24 thread
Epiphone LP - M8 x 1.25 thread
Hope this helps...