Tone Pro's

[disobedience]

I'm thinking about putting a Tone Pro bridge on my guitar and am curious if anyone here has used one?

The stock bridge works good but the more I read up on the Tone Pro the more I think it would add to the instruments sound.

[Harley]

Never heard of it before today. I read what this guy had to say.

First off, why on earth is he pulling off all 6 strings at once when restringing. One string at a time is always the preferred method. This way the neck isn't going between the total-relax to total-torque extremes.

Secondly, it's still solid metal against solid metal. I could WELD all the components of my bridge together so it's one piece and be fairly certain the sustain would remain unchanged. The downward tension placed on the bridge by the strings would probably have a greater impact here. This unit has no way of increasing this downward force.

I've drank snake oil before.
Tone Pro Bridge
I use Tone Pro bridges for two reasons. First, they lock, so that when you are restringing the guitar, the tailpiece doesn't slip off the posts and slide down the top of your favorite guitar, damaging the finish before your eyes. Second, I feel that the locking mechanisms on the bridge and tailpiece add sustain to the instrument.
http://www.cpthorntonguitars.com/images/shop-tour-images/Tone-Pro-Bridge.jpg

I also came across the manufacturer's description. Just more of the above. I've never seen a standard Gibson tune-o-matic with this "wiggle problem" yet.
A TonePros bridge will stay in place and not wiggle at all (even thread play is reduced). As a result, the instrument stays in tune better, has improved sustain, and harmonics will seem to jump out of your guitar. The replacement parts mount on your vintage instrument without marring or modification, making it more playable and allowing you to put away and preserve the original guitar hardware.

[disobedience]

I agree that the standard tune-o-matic won't do that generally...problem is my guitar has a different bridge:
http://www.deanguitars.com/images/evo_tevo.jpg

It's floppy as heck when you back the tension off the strings.


I'm not worried about it falling off...just checking it for better transfer of tone.

[bcrich]

If your bridge is floppy when you loosen your strings that would make my decision even easier! The bridge isn't supposed to move around even my Floyd Rose is solid when the strings are removed. With the bridge being able to move I would think it would affect your tone somewhat. I would change it. I was looking at new Floyd Rose trems last night on the net and I can get one for 59.99 US Like WOW. I remember before the Floyd's were between 3 and 600.00 just for the bridge! Christ I had to replace a saddle about 12 years ago and that saddle cost me in the neighbourhood of 50 bucks FOR ONE!

[Harley]

Please, spend your money any way you please. I used to waste $400-$600 a week in bars when I drinking hard a few years ago. Even if your mind only thinks a product is helping out I've found it can improve your playing skills. Experimenting keeps one's interest up.

I've got bridges similar to your Dean on my PRS's shown here-
http://www.prsguitars.com/csc/img/adjstop.jpghttp://www.prsguitars.com/csc/img/stoptail.jpg

It's floppy as heck when you back the tension off the strings.

I guess that would be a problem if your bridge is moving left-to-right. They're designed, though, to move fore-and-aft to allow intonation adjustments. A set of 10's is putting 103.6 lbs of torque on the bridge to hold it tightly against the height-adjust screws and transmit their pressure against the 2 body studs. The Pro Tune would have no ability to increase these values.

BCRich's comments about Floyd Rose trems reminded me of another reason to question the claims of the Pro Tone. A floating bridge design, whether a Rose or Fender, rest knife-edge like contacts against their 2 post design. Most still have sustain qualities equal to a fixed bridge while their contact area is absolute minimum-
http://www.chrisguitars.com/gmw-vh1-bw3.jpg

[disobedience]

Good points Harley...thanks bud...gonna look at it in more detail now ;)