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**Update**
For those of you with similar issues, the TonePros ATVII will swap right into the Gotoh's inserts provided you buy the Tonepros metric studs. It's a direct swap that will solve the action issues and you will have the ability to change strings without fear of scrathcing your guitar's finish, as the strings load in from the front and exit at the rear - instead of exiting out of the bottom of the bridge as it does on the Gotoh.
Here's a caveat to all you contemplating the use of the Gotoh 510 wraparound bridge.
You may remember many moons ago my excitement over the new purple tele I was assembling. After all the pieces arrived, I assembled it only to realize the bridge couldn't be lowered enough to get the strings below 2-3/16" - and this was with the bridge bottomed out, no relief in the neck, capo on the first fret to take the nut out of the equation.
I ended up sending the body back to warmoth, who thoroughly (and patiently) checked the neck pocket angle and everything else, which ended up in spec. They said they were able to get the strings crashing on the frets with room to spare at the bridge. So they shipped it back. After receiving it, I put it back together and nothing was different on my end. With the strings at 2-3/16" off of the last fret, the bridge is touching wood and there is 0 clearance to change the strings.
I brough the guitar to my luthier, a well respected guy in Orange County, and he told me that the neck needs to be shimmed to work with this bridge. I'm pretty disgruntled and just bought another wrapoaround style bridge that should work since it is a lower profile and doesn't feed strings through the bottom. I don't think I should have to shim a guitar that I have spent so much on, reading that all the parts on it are documented to work in concert together.
This is frustrating because I know that there are guys running this same setup with no issues. WTH! I do appreciate Rob and the guys at W for being so helpful with trying to resolve the issue, but it still stands. :dontknow: Can anyone weigh in and tell me what else needs to be checked?
For those of you with similar issues, the TonePros ATVII will swap right into the Gotoh's inserts provided you buy the Tonepros metric studs. It's a direct swap that will solve the action issues and you will have the ability to change strings without fear of scrathcing your guitar's finish, as the strings load in from the front and exit at the rear - instead of exiting out of the bottom of the bridge as it does on the Gotoh.
Here's a caveat to all you contemplating the use of the Gotoh 510 wraparound bridge.
You may remember many moons ago my excitement over the new purple tele I was assembling. After all the pieces arrived, I assembled it only to realize the bridge couldn't be lowered enough to get the strings below 2-3/16" - and this was with the bridge bottomed out, no relief in the neck, capo on the first fret to take the nut out of the equation.
I ended up sending the body back to warmoth, who thoroughly (and patiently) checked the neck pocket angle and everything else, which ended up in spec. They said they were able to get the strings crashing on the frets with room to spare at the bridge. So they shipped it back. After receiving it, I put it back together and nothing was different on my end. With the strings at 2-3/16" off of the last fret, the bridge is touching wood and there is 0 clearance to change the strings.
I brough the guitar to my luthier, a well respected guy in Orange County, and he told me that the neck needs to be shimmed to work with this bridge. I'm pretty disgruntled and just bought another wrapoaround style bridge that should work since it is a lower profile and doesn't feed strings through the bottom. I don't think I should have to shim a guitar that I have spent so much on, reading that all the parts on it are documented to work in concert together.
This is frustrating because I know that there are guys running this same setup with no issues. WTH! I do appreciate Rob and the guys at W for being so helpful with trying to resolve the issue, but it still stands. :dontknow: Can anyone weigh in and tell me what else needs to be checked?