El Gobernador
fezz parka
They're like 26 bucks at Guitar fetish.
I get a strange metallic ping on my Gibson ES-355
- Thread starter Nate D
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Nate D
Dr. Stratster
Honestly I was just looking at them thinking this can’t be them because they’re so cheap. Lol
El Gobernador
fezz parka
Mine works well. Good design.
CigBurn
Total Hack
I put one on my 335ish from GF.. works fine. I do have a question though, whats that wire across the bridge on yours supposed to be doing?
El Gobernador
fezz parka
Saddle retainer wire.
Nate D
Dr. Stratster
Gibson has ABR bridges without the wire. That’s what I have on at least one of my gibsons.
The Ballzz
Senior Stratmaster
I would try some lube at the string contact point of the saddles. My preferred lube is white lithium grease, with enough powdered graphite to almost make it clumpy. If you get too much graphite in it to make it "clumpy", simply add enough more white lithium to smooth it out to a nice, creamy paste!
Just My Ways,
Gene
Just My Ways,
Gene
I'm pretty certain the wire is the culprit. Have you tried putting a little sampling material (anything soft, like a very small piece of felt will do) to see if the 'ping' goes away? If it does, you could just throw the wire away!
El Gobernador
fezz parka
On closer inspection of Nate's photo, there is an arc to the wire. It should lay perfectly flat.
The wire is there to hold the saddles in place when there no string pressure holding them down. Si is 100% on the nose about losing the wire.
I don't even have a wire on mine. It just means you need to be a little careful when changing strings, although a breakage on stage could get a bit awkward if you didn't see where the saddle pinged off to. @Nate D, Stewmac sells a replacement wire for $1.46. Or if you're hardly with pliers, you should be able to take the kink out. https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-h...-wire-for-original-abr-1-tune-o-matic-bridge/
It may not be related to the OP's specific issue, but my ES-335 pings because a nut with seemingly random string locations has a string that touches a tuner post above the nut. The resulting 'pinging' took a lot of thinking and examination because I didn't initially consider that the cause could be coming from somewhere above the nut.
Nate D
Dr. Stratster
Do you have a wireless ABR on your -335? That’s what I have on one of my other -335’s and the bridge is dead quiet.
dspellman
Senior Stratmaster
That's a Gibson "alarm" to tell you to ship your 355 to me (just PM me for directions).
Currently our turnaround time for the service is...
...well...
NEVER. When you put your guitar in the case and box it up, be sure to kiss it goodbye.
dspellman
Senior Stratmaster
I have an original '67 with nylon saddles. Love 'em!
Yes, Nate. It's a Rusty Anderson model, and he insisted it was a 59 period-correct replica of his own 335. That said, I've had other Gibsons with the wire, and never had a problem.
I have a hollow body with a Bigsby. It had the same kind of noise and I swore it was coming from the bridge. Turned out it was the bridge pickup vibrating in the mounting ring. It would only do it on the G string, 12th or 13th fret. Not even the same notes on the D or B strings. Finally played the same notes with the guitar upside down and the noise was gone. Finally traced it to the pickup. Jammed a small piece of heat shrink tube in there and it's been quiet ever since. Good luck.
Cheers...................................Todd
Cheers...................................Todd
Nate D
Dr. Stratster
Well… it was an issue with the nut. It’s resolved. No buzz, no ping.
Feels soooo good to have this one done and dusted. Lol
Feels soooo good to have this one done and dusted. Lol
