GRAPH TECH RESOMAX - The Ultimate Les Paul upgrade!
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GRAPH TECH RESOMAX - The Ultimate Les Paul upgrade!
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I noticed a few unwanted rattles and buzzes coming the bridge end of my Les Paul recently. Not cool. As she is going in for a REFRET soon I figured I would sort all this out. I got in touch with the AWESOME people at Graph Tech again and they hooked me up with some new killer parts.
Thanks guy!
Check out all the other amazing products they make. Real worth while upgrades!
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Great design. These are essentially like a roller bridge without the rollers center post that can sometimes bind. Leave it to Graph Tech to resolve an age old bad design problem. And the magnetic saddle, brilliant.
Wooow, are amazing upgrade, I have epiphone les paul standard top Plus with humbukers...... always saw u videos, y are a great guitar player and teacher!. ... cheers from Mexico... Chingon tu video. - it´s mean AMAZING VIDEO.
Pako Bourne Thanks! So cool that you’re watching from Mexico, definitely plan on travelling there one day. 🇲🇽
Glad you liked the video.
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Way cool video. I'm getting a new bridge/tailpiece set in two weeks, just watching and trying to decide. This will be for my 2000 Les Paul 1960 Classic Reissue. I got the graphtech multi-geared locking Ratio Machine heads as well. I don't know why I got them and waited a year to put them on. They are fantastic as far as string changing and staying in tune. The reissue machine heads I didn't like and swapped out after a year with Grover because the bass player/singer stopped at the music store and said, get new tuners, i'm buying and tired of you tuning up all the time. I had Grover machine heads on 21 years. I did take the advise from a video to not have my stings wrap around the post on locking tuners especially for the wound strings, keeping them free from binding on the wrap just before the string comes off the post. I don't know if it's the string almost around the post or the locking mechanism and I don't have a locking nut on this guitar, but you would think so. This guitar stays in tune very well and every string reacts the same when tuning up. Any feedback on the wrap thing, not the long winded thing? Supposedly, I haven't studied it, they say you can go from say E standard to drop D with one full turn for the 6th string on this system and you are there, I say 97% there. I think the EVH D-Tuna is better in that case. It's not the easiest to install, maybe it is since I didn't put any of the screws in. In my case one screw hole is lined up out of 12 for the backing plates, so I left it off until I'm convinced wood screw hole filler and drilling 11 new holes is the way to go. If I did line up the screw holes there is a whole lot more wood to come out of the tuning post area. Mounting plates were included, but I bought the upgraded InvisoMatch Plates to match the other new hardware. The plates are still sandwiched in because of the alignment nipple on the machine head and it wouldn't be flush without them. They cover up the original blemishes which isn't a big deal just gives it a more finished look. Maybe I should leave the bridge/tailpiece on the shelf for a year.
Are they over wrap? How much is a set? Cool looking well made parts, I was thinking of buying some brass saddles and fitting them in, but these seem a much better idea
I liked the idea of the magnets
Are your tuners locking and with the nickel finish like your tail piece and bridge?
I don't know, I have never had an issue with my bridge falling off, string seem to hold them on pretty well. 😁👍
I just put together Les Paul from stratosphere. and I made that mistake of getting the metric post. All I did was email them and they set the inches for free.
i got a gibson les paul classic from 2016 plain top not sure what kind of bridge i can replace the tune o matic one for. i saw theres also a Kluson USA Metric To USA Thread Conversion Posts i can get but unsure if i need em i want nickel hardware not chrome any help with specs or suggestions would be nice thanks!
4 years later, do you still recommend these pieces? Or only worthwhile if bridge collapsed like yours?
Thx
Very cool 👍😎 👌
Thanks! You got some yourself?
Ever wonder why you have scratches running across your guitar top from your tailpiece to your strap button?
I broke the headstock off of a aged white 1972 les paul custom . It was in the early 90's and I had it leaning up against a Marshall halfe stack because I didn't have a stand. On way to the lew I tripped over the cord and end of my les paul phase.
Ohhhh no! That's so sad. Did you ever get it glued up? Sometimes people say they prefer them after a break and a fix.
@@SpedSpedding yes but it wasn't the same, I am going to get another one soon.
Crikey mate, didn't know you had done this! Just got a 2nd hand, Agile LP Jnr , 2 P90's. The action is awesome, i can actually set it even along the whole neck and too low! Not that i finally did, but that how good the neck is! But the bastard won't intonate with the wraparound that's on it! So after doing my homework i actually bought the graphtech resomax, liked the impregnated saddles. Question for you, what P90's do you find you really love. At the moment for what a can test being out of intonation, i find i'm liking the stock whatever they are. But what k pots and caps would you use? Bugger me and i found this without consulting the master! Pure luck! Great minds think a like, fools band together! Maybe i'm just a Fool In The Rain!
Do I really need to upgrade the tailpiece too?
You can do whatever you like Jev. I’m a stickler for a matched set and would prefer the alloys to be the same. I love the how the little magnets stay keep it in place.
Awesome video, Sped! I've been on youtube for 2 days, comparing every LP type bridge known to mankind, and now I'm done.. finished...and exhausted! This is ABSOLUTELY the kind of bridge sytem I've been unknowingly looking for. It's 5:30 pm Chrismas Eve here in the Great State of Texas, U.S. of A., and I will be on the phone with Graph Tech first thing Saturday (hopefully they'll be open) to buy 3 of these bridges. Man, I wish I'd have seen your video first. That's on me... I should have KNOWN to check with Sped instead...Thanks for posting, Brother! Merry Christmas...and be safe!
That’s really cool. I’m glad you liked this video, did you get it in the end?
how's it sound with these in place?
I mean, check out any video with my Les Paul since…
"Permanently lubricated.. like me" 😂
The Slider Hahaha, glad someone found that as funny as me. 🤘🏻🤣
@@SpedSpedding Very humorous, Sped. I can't wait to hear your Les Paul once it's been regretted etc. Any idea how long it will take?
Yeah me too! Probably be a couple of weeks from today but I will film as much of the process as I can and then do a separate follow up!
@@SpedSpedding Awesome, Sped 👍
2:24 - forgive me but I cannot fathom how on Earth a tailpiece can be put on backwards and still resist the tension of the strings🤯
Did you carry on watching literally one minute longer? It's there to show the functioning of the magnets on the Graphtech hardware.
@@SpedSpedding That’s not what I asked!
Just check the timestamp in my original post and you’ll see what I mean
It’s implied that, prior to using the magnetic tailpiece, the original is put on backwards & I just don’t know how that works
(but I’d like to know!)
BTW it’d be nice to know how magnetised the STRINGS are when being in such close proximity to SO powerful magnets because IF they become magnetised to a different polarity they will fight the alnico in the pick ups themselves (which may or may not be a good thing…?)
will this work on an SG?
Yes!
Increased harmonic content ? How?
I would be worried about the magnetic bridge and tailpiece altering with the magnetic field of the pickups, but I might be a little paranoid.
Since they're not moving relative to the pick-ups I don't think you have anything to worry about.
I don't think these magnets could have strength enough to interact with the pickups
For anybody looking at these. I put one of these into a t386 about 18 months ago - it's already collapsed. 10 - 46 strings and high tailpiece (not bolted down at all). I really liked the sound bit now has a 1mm dip in the middle of the bridge. I've contacted their customer support - will wait and see what they say - but this is not really fit for purpose in my experience. Normally when you hear about a collapsed bridge its pig metal from the 1970's. So real issue with this product - not best pleased.
That's a shame Joe. They've always been absolutely stellar in terms of customer service so no doubt they will get you sorted out! Let me know.
@@SpedSpedding Thanks very much Sped - I appreciate your message and will of course update on the outcome to provide a fair picture. As I said - I really liked the sound of this bridge and keen to recommend it. I am wondering if this was from a poor batch or something - not heard back from Graph Tech support yet though. Thanks again.
what about the saddles, how do u adjust those after installing the new pieces?
They’re exactly the same as normal saddles. There’s a screw at the front. 🙌🏻
USD 180 for this Bridge in Brasil 😟
the stanley blade is not for the faint of heart
Colm Regan Hahaha it definitely definitely is not!
'Black' sounds better...
Only problem with Graphtech is they don’t make black parts. Beats me why, it’s just weird..
I want them to make brushed nickel and ratios with the vintage snot greens too.
Magnets? Really? Does it not conduct the magnetic field to the strings? That then effect the magnetic field of your pickups? And those saddles are coated or just a different material all together.. Want to change your tone? Change your saddles to a different material! You may or may not like the difference. Ti saddles sound different from the standard Gibson steel saddles as do the nylon Gibson saddles found on many Gold tops with P90s.. There is no before and after tone and sustain comparrisons.. Id say this is a "do it at your own risk" situation. The magnetic stop piece could definitely effect tone.. It sounds good in theory only to hold the stop peice from dropping and sliding down your guitar face. To gimicky for me to consider trying. Wanna improve your tone? Sustain? Resonance? Have individual string height adjustment? Go BABICZ! Want to improve tune-ability of your Les Paul..Gibson TP6. A micro tuner factory Gibson tail peice that makes tuning a breeze! Fantastic combo!
James Hill vintage Gibson tune o matics have brass saddles.
I can raise and lower my bridge with the thumb screws effortlessly. Kind of a solution to a problem that wasn't there. Just like the Stop Bar falling off, I usually replace one string at a time and when I don't I just be more careful and don't let it fall onto my paint
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Carlo Magno Absolutely! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
You do know that you aren't supposed to bottom out the tailpiece, right?
Julian Sedor It’s a tonal/feeling preference for me. People say that screwing it all the way down can collapse the bridge. For me, I overwrap so my break angle isn’t as severe. Plus it makes a set of 10s feel like 9.5.
I have no tuning issues and playability and tone is great.
I just use the tailpiece normally and lower it until the strings just don't touch the rear of the bridge.
I personally wrap strings over tail piece. Reduced breakage at bridge. Done it for years and rarely break strings.
@@SpedSpedding I actually have the same problem with my 2019 Les Paul Classic. Buzzing b string. Found the warped bridge this morning. Your standard looks almost exactly like my classic with that burst. I’ve got the zebra hum buckers though
Do you really need to buy a new tailpiece? can't you just buy the bridge and stick with the stock tailpiece?
You don’t have to but for me it made sense. You could easily upgrade one without the other but I wanted to make sure the alloys matched; both for the look and sound.