I am curious about the use of ABR and Nashville bridges on Gibson Les Paul guitars. Are the bridges used with different guitars or different time periods? I have 3 1993 Les Pauls - Pre-Historic & Classics. All 3 have ABR bridges and posts (studs into wood, no metal bushing). I have a 2102 Deluxe and 2014 Traditional. Both have the metal bushings in the guitar bodies. Lastly, I have a 1991 Studio Lite, it has the metal bushings.
So were the bushings (I guess this is for the Nashville bridge) used on Studios, but not Classics from this period (early 90s) since they were cheaper or less "traditional" models? Then I guess the 2010 era Gibson USA models had Nashville bridges? But if a Les Paul Traditional was supposed to be more 50's era in design, but not a Historic Model, seems they would have used the more traditional system, no bushings?
I am hoping someone can sort this out.
So were the bushings (I guess this is for the Nashville bridge) used on Studios, but not Classics from this period (early 90s) since they were cheaper or less "traditional" models? Then I guess the 2010 era Gibson USA models had Nashville bridges? But if a Les Paul Traditional was supposed to be more 50's era in design, but not a Historic Model, seems they would have used the more traditional system, no bushings?
I am hoping someone can sort this out.