Which ABR for '62 SG?

JJ Blair · 07-30-12, 07:56 PM

I'm restoring a '62 SG with the ebony tailpiece. I'm assuming that the correct bridge would be a wireless ABR with the shaped bottom?

Cream Fan · 07-30-12, 08:10 PM

Some of them also had Nylon saddles, too.

JJ Blair · 07-30-12, 10:12 PM

But would it be wireless with the rounded bottom? Or would it be the standard bottom, also?

RAB · 07-31-12, 07:17 AM

I've owned a number of SG/LP Standards and Customs including a 1960 Standard. That guitar had the "sideways" vibrato but a standard "bottom" ABR-1. Others I've owned or have seen had the "shaped" bottom bridge so it seems to have been somewhat inconsistent. I'd say it was more common for the SG/LP models to have the shaped bridge...

JJ Blair · 07-31-12, 10:07 AM

Thanks. So it wouldn't be incorrect for a square bottom to be on, though?

RAB · 07-31-12, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JJ Blair

Thanks. So it wouldn't be incorrect for a square bottom to be on, though?

I've seen both (square and contoured) bottom ABR-1 bridges on SG/LPs. I have also seen both for what its worth on tremolo-model ES guitars. For example, when you see a "sideways bender" or even a Bigsby on a vintage ES it would typically have a contoured bridge. But I have seen where that wasn't the case. And, in the case of my stop tailpiece '63 ES-355 where you'd expect it to have a square-bottomed ABR-1 it had a contoured one! Gibson...go figure!

Mr. 355 · 07-31-12, 02:12 PM

My 62 SGLP and my 62 355 both w/sideways have the no wire shapped br. and nylon saddles.

JJ Blair · 07-31-12, 07:19 PM

Thank you, guys.

Kevin James · 07-31-12, 07:56 PM

I've seen both on the early SG's but every Ebony Block I've looked at including mine has had the curved bottom like your first post (but with nylon saddles.

Oh.... and pics please!!!!

j45 · 08-01-12, 11:19 AM

My '62 ebony block had the rounded bottom ABR-1 and also the domed top thumbwheels. That much I recall for sure but somehow don't remember is the saddles were nylon. I can check pics... BTW, I have some of those '62-'64 wheels if anyone should need them.

bigsby'd · 08-01-12, 01:22 PM

I can use them Kerry! Email me if you please.

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07-30-12, 07:56 PM	#1
JJ Blair Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 727	Which ABR for '62 SG? I'm restoring a '62 SG with the ebony tailpiece. I'm assuming that the correct bridge would be a wireless ABR with the shaped bottom?

07-30-12, 08:10 PM	#2
Cream Fan Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,082	Re: Which ABR for '62 SG? Some of them also had Nylon saddles, too.

07-30-12, 10:12 PM	#3
JJ Blair Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 727	Re: Which ABR for '62 SG? But would it be wireless with the rounded bottom? Or would it be the standard bottom, also?

07-31-12, 07:17 AM	#4
RAB Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,333	Re: Which ABR for '62 SG? I've owned a number of SG/LP Standards and Customs including a 1960 Standard. That guitar had the "sideways" vibrato but a standard "bottom" ABR-1. Others I've owned or have seen had the "shaped" bottom bridge so it seems to have been somewhat inconsistent. I'd say it was more common for the SG/LP models to have the shaped bridge...

07-31-12, 10:07 AM	#5
JJ Blair Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 727	Re: Which ABR for '62 SG? Thanks. So it wouldn't be incorrect for a square bottom to be on, though?

07-31-12, 02:12 PM	#7
Mr. 355 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 140	Re: Which ABR for '62 SG? My 62 SGLP and my 62 355 both w/sideways have the no wire shapped br. and nylon saddles.

07-31-12, 07:19 PM	#8
JJ Blair Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 727	Re: Which ABR for '62 SG? Thank you, guys.

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Kevin James Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 364	Re: Which ABR for '62 SG? I've seen both on the early SG's but every Ebony Block I've looked at including mine has had the curved bottom like your first post (but with nylon saddles. Oh.... and pics please!!!!

08-01-12, 11:19 AM	#10
j45 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 8,116	Re: Which ABR for '62 SG? My '62 ebony block had the rounded bottom ABR-1 and also the domed top thumbwheels. That much I recall for sure but somehow don't remember is the saddles were nylon. I can check pics... BTW, I have some of those '62-'64 wheels if anyone should need them. __________________ http://krcollection.blogspot.com/

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bigsby'd All Access/Backstage Pass Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,657	Re: Which ABR for '62 SG? I can use them Kerry! Email me if you please.