Ash mooncaster

[teleme01]

I jumped on a green dyed mooncaster and although my 1st 4 kit guitars were tom , I have not done a high end tom. Question 1, does warmoth sell bushings for the installation without the purchase of a bridge? Question 2, snobbery acceptable, best tom.

 

[Hagwood]

I jumped on a green dyed mooncaster and although my 1st 4 kit guitars were tom , I have not done a high end tom. Question 1, does warmoth sell bushings for the installation without the purchase of a bridge? Question 2, snobbery acceptable, best tom.

Nice ! Did you get a pic ?
My understanding is that you can mail your bridge in for them to install the bushings, but it really isn’t that difficult. I haven’t done an actual TOM with a stop bar, but I really like the Schaller wrap arounds.

 

[Hodgo]

Best TOM?

Are locking studs a requirement?

$ for $ it’s hard to beat the Gotoh, and it’s cheap. If you need locking studs, then TonePros. Pulling out all the stops? Faber. Obsessed with 59 Bursts? Pigtail or Four Uncles, and you’re insane for doing so.

 

[teleme01]

I didn't get the picture, was hurried so nobody could take it from my cart, wife liked the green one, the other was mahogany. 350 with dye and binding. Now I am 2 necks short.

 

[Hagwood]

I didn't get the picture, was hurried so nobody could take it from my cart, wife liked the green one, the other was mahogany. 350 with dye and binding. Now I am 2 necks short.

Wow, great price. Can't wait to see it.

 

[Spud]

I didn't get the picture, was hurried so nobody could take it from my cart, wife liked the green one, the other was mahogany. 350 with dye and binding. Now I am 2 necks short.

There may be one out in the yard underneath some planters

 

[teleme01]

Best TOM?

Are locking studs a requirement?

$ for $ it’s hard to beat the Gotoh, and it’s cheap. If you need locking studs, then TonePros. Pulling out all the stops? Faber. Obsessed with 59 Bursts? Pigtail or Four Uncles, and you’re insane for doing so.

I had never heard of 59 burst, pigtails, or 4 uncle, I don't need locking studs, 15 and 20 seems too inexpensive to be worth 2 cents, I keep looking.

 

[TBurst Std]

For a TOM bridge, look to RS Guitarworks. For the TOM tp, skip Pigtail if you top wrap. It groves and started breaking strings in a month. Went back to my StewMac alum tp and no issues.

 

[TBurst Std]

And the bigger Q, for the TOM bridge, are you going inserts ala Nashville, or straight to wood ala ABR?

I referenced RS as I am presuming inserts which means Nashville. RS makes an ABR bridge that works with Nashville inserts.

 

[teleme01]

And the bigger Q, for the TOM bridge, are you going inserts ala Nashville, or straight to wood ala ABR?

I referenced RS as I am presuming inserts which means Nashville. RS makes an ABR bridge that works with Nashville inserts.

I have run into this issue before, the body will have what I expect to be 10or12mm boring and therefore Nashville is not available?, unless that is the inserts you're referring to...

 

[Hodgo]

I had never heard of 59 burst, pigtails, or 4 uncle, I don't need locking studs, 15 and 20 seems too inexpensive to be worth 2 cents, I keep looking.

So what are you looking for in a quality TOM? Gotoh may be cheap, but we’re talking about a part that costs what - a dollar in materials? And they produce hardware for a bajillion guitars a year?

If you want to spend more for a marginally better product, the Faber ABR-59 and some conversion posts from Faber would do the trick. Their locking system is better than TonePros (who is Gotoh made), but they sell non lockers in brass or aluminum.

The only thing that separates the nicest TOMs from the budget ones are materials and machining. Zinc, aluminum, brass, steel, take your pick. Personally I like a nice light aluminum setup.

 

[teleme01]

I got the gotoh from Warmoth, studs installed

 

[teleme01]

I have not yet gotten the shipping notification because I added a pickguard to my order, but I am thinking about the neck, and I am thinking purple heart cbs , gibson scale... I don't have a fancy edit machine where I can mock it up, so I am imagining green dye flame maple mooncaster with a purple heart cbs neck, am I wrong

 

[Rick]

Nope. I imagine it too, with chrome hardware, cream or black for the plastic parts, the fret dots would be either black or cream, depending on what you picked for the pickup rings or pick guard. So I'd match the dots to the plastic parts on the guitar. However, I'd swap out chrome tuning buttons for pearloid. A real nice alternative neck would be rose wood shaft with rosewood fretboard. That combo feels so elegant.