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I'm bummed. My beautiful ES-275's tailpiece fell apart yesterday. Picked up the guitar and a chunk fell off. I contacted Gibson USA and since I didn't buy it new, they won't help and I was told even if they did have the part in stock, they would not sell it to me. What a load of crap!! An 8 year old high end guitar. As this is a thin body guitar, the ES-175 zig zag type tailpiece (which is available everywhere) won't fit. See picture. Mine has two screw holes and a hole for the end pin while the ES-175 has 3 screw holes plus end pin.
I found a site in Korea that says they sell them, but their drawing is for a 175 tailpiece. Does anyone!! have one to sell???
Thanks in advance
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09-27-2024 02:35 PM
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Take it to a local Brass Instrument Repair shop. They can and most will fix this with no problem. They do this all the time should be one around just check the Brass Instrument Repair shops.
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Thank you. Someone had mentioned laser welding to me which is very precise, I'm going to check that out as well as your suggestion.
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If you are in the UK I play in a band whose sax player builds and repairs brass instruments. He's a genius!
He used to plate Shed pickup covers.
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Originally Posted by jumpinjimmy
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Stew Mac might be able to help if you're comfortable replacing the entire tailpiece. Beautiful ES-275, by the way.
Just a moment...
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This sucks... My ES-175 '59 RI tailpiece broke recently. Makes me very sceptical about modern Gibson hardware. Hope you can find a workshop that can mend it or better make a new back plate.
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Here you go might me cheaper.
WD Replacement Tailpiece For Vintage Gibson ES-175 Gold | eBay
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Originally Posted by deacon Mark
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Originally Posted by deacon Mark
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Originally Posted by burchyk
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Or you could get a WD 175 style zigzag
tailpiece and modify it
ie
cut off the bottom of the flange
(and re drill the holes if necessary)
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Originally Posted by pingu
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Originally Posted by jumpinjimmy
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Took it all apart and actually it's better made than I thought so I guess perhaps mine just had a flaw in it but the end pin strap button is made of plastic. Jeez!
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That button is for a Schaller-style strap lock, as far as I can see. There are lots of cheap Chinese-made knockoffs available, and I have a few sitting in a drawer. Genuine Schallers are metal. That is not the original strap button.
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
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I had the same thing happen to my Eastman AR605.
At the time I worked in the metallurgy department in a very large research center.
I took it to the experts, and they tried to weld it, beautiful job, but it lasted only a week.
The analysis was a bad alloy and no repair would work. Other Eastman owners had the same issue. Eastman sent me a replacement at no charge. Over 10 years later still fine.
I would guess that all the bad tailpieces came out of the same Chinese factory.
Eastman replaced mine, Gibson should replace yours.
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Should, but won't. A really good attorney might be able to get them to do it, but good attorneys cost a lot more than replacement tailpieces. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting.
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Well, I took the tailpiece to a jewellery repair shop that had laser welding and they said the tailpiece was not repairable because of the poor grade of metal. I am open to selling this guitar if there is someone interested in the vicinity of Brussels, Belgium. I don't want to ship it.
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I'd use use the bottom section from another similar tailpiece?
Like these below:
Trapeze Tailpiece for Jazz Archtop Guitars - SM601 – Northwest Guitars
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Thanks, I will look into that.
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Thanks, but that won't fit my guitar as it's a slim body.
Originally Posted by HiFi Mule2Ride
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Originally Posted by jumpinjimmy
I'd exhaust every possibility before getting to that point.
It's just a tailpiece, I'm certain one will turn up eventually but in the meantime you can make something work.
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Originally Posted by jumpinjimmy
This is an easy and inexpensive job for a good tech or a luthier.
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