That‘s what I call a professional solution. Great work!

it's just so amazing to see a grandmaster working and sharing his skills with the world. truly an artist.

Brilliant. I love the comment, "If John wants to go back to playing out of tune..."

Man you sold me on this post. I have watched a good dozen shoots of you working and the splendid work you do. So I just subscibed to your channel. Thank you for making yourself available.

My question is, how does a guitar that is that far out of intonation, make it over 50 years without anyone fixing it, or smashing it on a wall. .

I knew it.... finally after many videos someone explained it so fast and easily. Of course, STEW does it again. Thank you 🙏🏼💜🇨🇦

Dan your common sense fixes are utterly fantastic. When they talk about smarts common sense you got it cornered. I really like watching you work. I really learn something

Amazing. The knowledge you have of guitars, you can tell you take a lot of pride in it

Doesn't this beg the question... How did Gibson make such a big error, and then ship it?

I just completed this fix on a 64 epiphone wilshire. I took it to 3 seperate guys who all said I had to drill new holes to move the bridge. It's a joy to be able to play my Epi and stay in tune up the neck. Thanks so much for the info provided in these videos.

MAN I WOULD KILL TO WORK WITH DAN HE IS A VERY INSPIRATIONAL PERSON TO ME. IMAGIN ALL OF THE AMAZING TECHNIQUES AND STORIES THIS MAN HAS STORED AWAY IN HIS HEAD. I'VE BEEN BUILDING GUITARS FOR A WHILE AND HAVE LEARNED A TON FROM HIS VIDEOS AND BOOKS. STEWMAC IS A GREAT COMPANY AS WELL. WHY WOULD ANYONE THUMBS DOWN THIS VISEO? WHAT HE JUST SHOWED WAS REALLY COOL.

Beautiful guitar and fantastic video . Love your company and videos. Brilliant idea. Thank you for sharing

This is a great fix, Dan! I'm impressed!

Mr Dan , the fix after its done is simple. But who else on the planet would think to do this. NICE !!!

Thanx for being there Dan... you're a magician!

This is great stuff. Exactly the kind of fixes I daydream about. Fixes done right

You know, I have to guitars. one electric one acoustic and I have no ide what this automatic tuner is. But, you are really cool to watch and the way you carry yourself and talk is so nice and professional I watched the video anyway. I know know how to relocate an object of which I have no idea what it does or is for exactly! Thank you and I hope to see more from this channel (or just the other videos!).

This Guy from StewMac is the very Best i have ever Seen Simply Brilliant

That’s a great idea. Really enjoying these videos.

Even though the Tune-O-Matic Bridge allows you to fine tune each string more easily, it still has to be in the right place for it to work properly

1:52 -- Brilliant....Genius...I have no other words to describe how great that is, amazing fix!

I love him! He's so practical and brilliant. :)

Erlewine is a mad scientist! Amazing to watch!

Brilliant! Great problem solving! A +!

That's a brilliant fix. Great videos.

hey stewmac, what camera do you guys use for making videos?

I almost cannot belive how many tools this man has or make to work on guitars

That was amazing! Thank you for sharing all your videos. Was that neck condition original, or developed over time?

Love the knowledge you share

I had a Gretsch with the same problem. How do they come out the factory so bad?

Great video...so, why there no more videos like this ? ...I need to rethink my proyect once again with this information. Thank you.

1:26 So to get the bridge moved back the holes need to also move back as well. One way would be to plug the holes and re-drill them a little closer to the Tailpiece. But this Electric Guitar costs a lot of money and we don't want it to break. So we'll do this in a very clever and innovative way for this one. Well use these Special offset Posts which have the threaded part closer to the edge.

Curious, where did you start the ruler on the nut end of the neck to measure to the 12th? Was it butted against the nut on the first?

THANK YOU - just got a 2005 Squier "Master Series" All Mahogany set neck & Chambered body Telecaster - Gibson scale neck + Tune o matic bridge & tailpiece - One year only and ALL are out by 3 mils or so - Satin walnut top I don't want to redrill - was hoping a roller saddle would help the Offset but it doesn't - - have seen wider TuneOmatics on cheap copies but can't find them now - thx again

BRILLIANT. This is a brilliant idea!!

I love dan hes so informative. thank you stewmac

Great! Does a solution like this exist for converting from my 60's SG MelodyMaker WRAP-AROUND bridge (with Maestro trim tailpiece) to ABR (or something else that can't slide around on the bridge posts)?

Brilliant solution. 🎸

Never seen those bridge holding rotative adjustment parts😀👍 great idea

I'm sure this won't get answered, but here goes!! So why did this happen and Gibson not fix it, I still have SG's that come in that are newer and still need to be compensated?? Dan you are the man and I will be stocking up on these gems!!!! Wished I'd a thought of that!! LOL

This channel is too awesome

hi i just watched your KZfaq video and was wondering what you used to unwind the strings so quick i am new to guitars i got my first one a week ago and it was an electric guitar i don't even know how to play but i am really keen to learn

Wow. Unless I misunderstood, the man made a post out of a high quality screw. Talk about ideas!

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Cool idea and great fix. Kudos... I just got an LP clone guitar recently that has screws to adjust the Tune-O-Matic style bridge, rather then the Gibson type thumb wheels. It's a chrome bridge and I'd like to lower it, but not sure if I can just loosen the strings and then use a screw driver to make the height adjustment or is there a specialized tool for a bridge with the screws, rather then thumb wheels, to avoid marring the chrome surface...Thanks as always... BTW: I bought that same vice from you guys at StewMac (that you show in the video) and absolutely love it! Philip NYC Area

I have a Harley Benton TE-40 and I could not get the tune o magic low enough to give me decent action. I read that many people have had issues with tune o matic bridge height as well. I removed the bridge and with a metal file brought it down enough to finally work. I also found that some of these will not let the adjustment screw to pass through the top and a little careful filling might give a couple more millimeters to work with. I decided to go this way instead of shimming the neck. There are lower profile bridges but this is just a knock around guitar and I saved myself a couple hundred dollars.

ok, is this the sort of thing we should measure when purchasing a guitar?

Nice work mate

Sir can you advise me on the tunomatic bridge wire.is it important.mine is rattling and buzzing when i play the b string fretted up an octave.can i sling the wire or do i need a new bridge?thanks.

and also could you please tell me what I need to keep my guitar cleen and shinny

Big help! Where did you place the end of the straight edge, outside end of the nut, inside or center? Thanks!

I really need one of these offset pieces, can not find one anywhere though.... Anyone know if they can be found?

Any tips for sticking the spring on a bigsby I kinda hate the idea of simply taping it rips way easy

that is a great fix, i have an idea for a vid, installing a stop tail on a Gibson SG that has the Lyre tail Piece, basicly replaceing it.

Is there a way to get rid of a wrap around bridge and replace it with the les paul style saddle and bridge on a Chinese les.paul?

Wow, Dan. Amazing.

Relocating the bridge is such a cool idea

HELP! So I am doing an ABR1 conversion on a ES345 right now, plugging the big holes and installing threaded studs. So, before drilling I want to verify that the center of the bridge is 9/64 more than the scale length?

Now that’s clever , brilliant fix .

I have a 98 Epi Les Paul, one of the tail piece holes is a hair too big, after turning the post comes out of the guitar approximately 1/4 inch, do you recommend filling the hole with a dowel, or is there a easier fix.

I'd like to know if this bridge has to be located parallel to the frets. Isn’t the area of the bass strings a little distant?

How do you covert a stratocaster bridge w/tremblo to a tuno'matic bridge w/Stop bar?

can you give me some advice to fix a rattling bridge from a As53 Ibanez semihollow body greetings from Cancun Mexico

"If john ever wants to play it out of tune again he can change it back" haha! Fuckin quality!!

very helpful thank you stewmac

Same trapeze bridge my ES-135 had - never stayed in tune, even with Grovers

How would one go about that with a more modern tune o matic like on a epiphone. I have en Epiphone Gothic Explorer that woundt intonate as low as i what it. (Bb) Any ideas?

This is one the more useful, though not super common tips I've seen. Thanks Dan, You're a Master. P.S. I just love the "know-it-alls" that have to be the first ones to say how they would have done it better or differently. Also, those saying a 64' 335 is crap....man, to be young and stupid...it sure is a special kind of dumb.

Do i need to move the saddle after i move the bridge?

Why the gold & chrome mix?

I love these videos.

I have a late 60s Teisco that I'm rebuilding an adding a tunomatic bridge. It has a zero fret. I measured from zero fret to 12th fret center and was about to mount it exactily twice to the center of the new bridge. Then you add the extra 9/64" for compensation. Is this universal? I've also heard to add an extra 1/8" to the base side. I assume I shouldn't do both. BTW, the old bridge was located 1/4" too short).

Honestly the non lathe version looks factory. It's the brass one that looks off IMO.

to Dan, much respect sir. I enjoy your videos very much and your books, but only you could have thought of this one, excellant idea. Amazing.

+stewartmacdonald Hi, I doubt you will see this but - I have an old Les Paul copy from Japan that I have been restoring. I bought a standard Tune-o-matic setup for it. The problem is, the posts that are supposed to be hammered in to the body are too thin, by around 1mm, or rather the holes in the body are too wide. What can I do to fix this? Thanks

Dan u are truly genius

where can i obtain a pait of these offset posts? my sg needs a pair. saddles all the way back. needs more for intoneation.

Another slick fix Dan . . .

That was brilliant . I relocated the holes , shit .

Hello, Do you sometimes find es 335 rattle from the metal part ( stop bar and bridge !) ? Mine does it ...impossible to find it comes from and the luthier says all semi- hollow body guitars have buzzes, ghost notes and rattle due to their structure ! Cannot understand why this Gibson es 335P90 ( 2007 Ltd édition !) does it and not my HAAR and Duesenberg starplayer tv ? Even with a new nut and tonepro bridge..Thanks for your answer...Kind regards from France, Gaëtan

Is it a good idea, these days, to put the bridge straight instead of the old angle because the slots cut into the saddles do not line up with the slots cut into the topnut & modern bridges tend to have more intonation travel anyways?

some things never change, just bought a LP standard last year and my G string is all the way back and still sharp. freaking gibson

Wouldn’t it be better to offset the 3/16 bolt to keep from making a new ring in the guitar’s finish?

Blow my mind ... again. Great idea

Great job !!

How can i get a tuneomatic nashville style roller bridge replacement for a compensated wrap around bridge? The post/stud spacing isn’t the same and i can’t seem to find any that fit. The difference is about 9mm, so 4.5mm off center. Would this work or is that too far out to be useful? I can’t help but think there’s a better way that doesn’t involve dowels, glue, refinishing, and redrilling

You sir are a genius

Are these offset posts available to buy? Desperately need two sets. Seriously!!!

Where do ya get those big fat brass ABR saddles?

Everytime, the Same Idioms, WHO dislike these vids. These vid are great, thank you👍

What's the physics explanation for the nut-to-12th distance being shorter than the 12th-to-bridge distance? Something to do with string core diameter. Ok but why is the difference so large? And why are thicker guage string sets easier to intonate? Also, if you're just intonating for the 12th fret, doesn't it just get it off intonation at some other location then?

I was reunited with my first guitar I traded back in high school. The person I traded with lost the bridge. The problem it's not your standard bridge and all signs point to a Japanese guitar. One place told me they think it's a Goya. I saw a custom 63 Red Goya Eko Hagstrom. The tremolo set up looks exactly like a this particular custom guitar. When I bought the guitar the headstock said Gibson. I know now it's not a Gibson and the neck finally broke at the headstock. Plus the headstock isn't your typical Gibson headstock. My nephew found a Gibson Corvus that has a similar headstock to the neck it had. Long story short they told me I can use any Fender neck on this guitar but the bridge measures at 2 11/16 or 68.26 MM from post to post. Where can I find that size of bridge? Desperate in Denton TX.

Having this issue with guitar with ABR1 size screws / studs/ bushings is there a way to configure this idea to ABR1?

Dan is my Hero!

I wonder if you guys can help. I have a guitar with a Floyd Rose trem in it. I want to get rid of it completely and put a Tune-O-Matic on. I dont want to block it, I want rid of it. Is there a way to do it that isn't an excessive amount of work? My guess at what would be involved as a minimum would be this. 1. Take trem, springs and bracket off. 2. Take out pins and bushes. 3. Dowel the pin holes. 4. Clean out and prep the trem cavity. 5. Make blocks and glue them into the trem cavity. 6. Sand level. 7. Fit Tune-O-matic bridge. 8. Remove hardware and paint / touch-up as required. 9. Refit Tune-O-Matic, string up guitar and be happy. Have I missed something here? The guitar is a 25.5 scale ESP with a Floyd Rose Special so how do I deal with the string spacing? Do I just get a regular Tune-O-Matic and cut notches in the saddles to suit the wider than Gibson spacing? Is there something of the shelf that has the right spacing. Am I fundamentally missing something that would prohibit me from doing this, neck angle or such like? Ok, I have said I don't want to block the trem but how about a tutorial on how to do just that. I know what to do but you guys always have clever ideas that somehow make things way simpler or better.

That right there sir is a million dollar idea!!

what if you have a newer 335 and you need to relocate the larger tunomatic bridge posts back 2mm or 3mm? do you have an offset pin for that?

So glad I watched this thanks

I too am in need of this fix, if anyone knows where I might purchase these compensated thumb wheels. I emailed Dan just now, to see if he'd be willing to do this for a Schaller roller bridge single wheel type.

Great trick Hats off