tripletime
Les Paul Froum Member
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so I got a new old stock goldtop historic 2014 r7
while changing strings I decided to check out the stop tail studs
low and behold the treads were covered in gold paint and the top of the internal bushings were painted in gold
in addition there was a ton of play unless you clamped down the stud 100 % - I am talking a crazy amount of play for male and female thread of the same size.
very bad for tone transfer
so I cleaned out the stud with solvent and removed the paint on the threads
on the guitar I took a box cutter knife and removed what looked like a golden 1/16 " thick lock washer of paint from the top of the bushing
I now clamped on the stud and locked it down metal to metal on the bushings
restrung guitar and it is a tone monster !
while changing strings I decided to check out the stop tail studs
low and behold the treads were covered in gold paint and the top of the internal bushings were painted in gold
in addition there was a ton of play unless you clamped down the stud 100 % - I am talking a crazy amount of play for male and female thread of the same size.
very bad for tone transfer
so I cleaned out the stud with solvent and removed the paint on the threads
on the guitar I took a box cutter knife and removed what looked like a golden 1/16 " thick lock washer of paint from the top of the bushing
I now clamped on the stud and locked it down metal to metal on the bushings
restrung guitar and it is a tone monster !