I thought it might be useful if we could post some images of guitar hardware to help give us some ideas for our guitar builds. Here are a few to get us started.
The guitar parts business is a sideline to their main business - because they guy who runs the main business is a guitarist! All parts made by them, and they're quality.
I've used that bridge on a build. Nice and solid, good quality. Not cheap, but worth the extra ££s.
On the ££s topic - my first experience of the Wilkinson wrapover bridge that Mark uses was a s/h item that I bought, probably from evilBay. It was horrible. Lightweight and felt a bit rough too. Finishing didn't look too good either.
I just assumed that that's the way they are.
For some reason, a few years later, I bought another one - new, from a proper supplier. Completely different. Now, either the first one was a cheap knock-off (it was certainly cheap), or the QA had completely changed in the intervening period.
Based on the latest one, I quite like those bridges now, and can fully understand why Mark uses them as standard! Great VFM.
I bought these neck ferrules recently, just to experiment with instead of using wood screws to bolt necks on with. Again, Grainger have top quality stuff.
Does anyone know a reliable source from where to order a quality black anodized tremolo with stud spacing 56 mm (eg. Wilk vs100, Gotoh 510) for a decent price, located in the EU or UK (I know, not out yet....)?
Measure once, cut straight away and maybe you're lucky......
Does anyone know a reliable source from where to order a quality black anodized tremolo with stud spacing 56 mm (eg. Wilk vs100, Gotoh 510) for a decent price, located in the EU or UK (I know, not out yet....)?
Schaller tuners. Back in the day they were "THE" absolute best you could buy.
However, recently I've been reading in various places that their quality has dropped considerably - uneven, sticky gearing, for example. Their reputation has definitely been tarnished.
Has anyone used any new Schallers? Can you confirm or deny?
Has anyone used any new Schallers? Can you confirm or deny?
@peter-johnson I’ve never bought any Schaller tuners yet. So far I’ve only used Wilkinson, Northwest Guitars, Gotoh, Kluson and Fender tuners, they are all good.
