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I am considering the possibility of replacing the stop tailpiece on my Comins gcs1 with a gibson trapaze tailpiece. I think I can get a warmer, more acoustic sound and an attack with more dynamics and sensitivity. Do you think the change is worth it?
Last edited by cesarguit; 09-03-2023 at 02:46 PM.
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How do you get a warmer, more acoustic tone with a laminate top and back, a body that's only 14 5/8” wide and 1 5/8” deep, and an internal sound block?
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I don’t think it’ll change much. It’ll probably seem acoustically louder from some string ringing behind the bridge.
I wouldn’t drill extra holes in the guitar for that.
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It's not a hollow body guitar, right? I would expect the difference between stop bar and trapeze on a semi hollow to be similar to the difference between a Fender strat and a jazzmaster.
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I don't think there will be any significant change in sound, and you'll have holes in the top to fill, or just look ugly. I don't believe it's worth the effort.
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It’ll probably be a little louder unplugged, but it’s hard to say what difference (if any) it’ll make plugged in. The action might feel a little different (many discussions about that here).
FWIW, it’s common to do the opposite with 60s-70s ES335’s, and most people viewed the change in spec as a bad idea back in the day. I have a semi with a trapeze. It sounds like a semi, not an acoustic archtop.
IMO, converting to a trapeze is not worth the trouble. If you want a fundamentally different sounding guitar, get a different guitar.
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Obviously I already know that it is a semihollow guitar, I know that it will never sound like an archtop, I already have archtop guitars and I know the differences. I was just thinking that maybe the change could make the sound a little less like a solid guitar. I had seen on gibson 335 forums that the type of tailpice did produce notable differences in sound.
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