Area59' Ltd.Edt. "One off" Aged Hardware Kit Nickel

Area59' "ONE OFF" Aged Gibson Nonwire ABR-1 Bridge...Not just the most authentic ABR-1 no this is problably the best sounding Aftermarket bridge, since it have the Area59' Vintage Replica Softbrass Parts....Screw, Saddles, Thumbwheels...please check details of our Single Softbrass Replacement Sets!

Nothing more to say....this is our best "One off Customaged" Hardware Kit...Limited to 50 Kits...

Unique Guitars needs unique Hardware this is because we came with the idea to Customize, Pimp, our Aged Hardware with that little extra "MOJO"...Each set is painstaking handaged with all those nice details you often find on real old Burst Les Pauls...checkout the saddles, we give them the look of well worn in 50 years played ones...the Bridge itself and the Stopbar get some extra dings and dongs and typical wear, The Stopbars are also nice aged...overall the Hardware has that nice little more shine/gloss compare to Standard aged or Gibson "VOS" ageding.

This Kit contains...all "One off" aged Hardware as follow..

-Vintage Shape Gibson Nonwire ABR-1 Nickel

-Area59' Softbrass Parts: ABR-1 Screws and Saddles, Thumbwheels and Posts

-Vintage Shaped Aluminum Stopbar Copperless Plated Nickel

-0,938'' Vintage lenght Nickel Steel Studs, NOTE: Anchors are NOT Incl. they are currently sold out! SORRY

NOTE: All Sets are build to order! Prepare time is 2-3 days! Each Kit is unique in look, overall ageing details are close to the pictures.

The Da Vinci Code Project...why old Gibson ABR-1 bridges sound (better) different compare to new ones...????
Everybody which goes deeper into the reseach of the secrets of the difference in sound know (from testing or google) that the old Nonwire ABR-1 bridges and some later Pat.No bridges sound better compare to new ones. There are 3 factors!
1st the alloy (Zamac5) of the bridge itself
2nd the brass screws
3rd the brass saddles
So its well known that its impossible to recreated the formular of the Zamac5 alloy today, this is in case of the raw materials/alloys and the overall production technique used today!
You can came close but nobody can recreate this exact like in the old times! Thats FACT!

A huge factor of the overall sound was the screws and saddles!
And not just the material itself it was also the "FIT" of the combination of screw and saddle!
Since its not possbible to recreate the bridge itself we do a lot of research and testing with the screws and saddles (thumbwheels)....

The old screws and saddles was made of a softer kind of brass (if you check pictures of old ABR1 saddles you see that they often rounded! This was in case of the used over the years and the softer material itself!
We tested over years several old bridges and finally rebuild screws and saddles made of the "VINTAGE SOFT BRASS"...The hard part was to find a supplier which has the knowledge and finally was able to build this parts.
Its not just the softer brass which makes a difference its also the "FIT" of the parts in the bridge itself! If you own an old ABR1 you will notice the bridge and saddles have much more space in the bridge compare to newer ABR-1, here the parts fit very hard, you need to press the saddle and screw into the bridge, this is in case of Gibson change specs, the screws and saddles dont fall out of the bridge. The disadvantage is the screws and saddle cant breath and finally this is killing part of the overall tone.
Now after 2 YEARS reseach and testing the screws arrive some month ago and now the saddles are on the way from USA....

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Area59' "AOA" Vintage Shape Stoptail Nickel Aged incl. Vintage Studs....

Area59' Vintage Shape Burst Stopbar authentic Vintage Shape
We could tell they had not been uniformly molded to start from, and they had gone through time-consuming hand-grinding process. This was precisely the reason behind the "individuality of shape and weight", that replica tailpieces could not reproduce thus far.
In the plating process, too, the Tailpiece 59' is given a special twist to be a true replica of vintage. In those days, aluminum die cast products such as Bigsby and strap pins were mainly finished with a shiny surface. Thick nickel or gold plating was rarely done without brass undercoat. In addition, since oxidation, insufficient cleaning and pretreatment can lead to plate peeling, careful preparation is crucial.
Describtion:
-Aluminum Tailpiece
-Made in the USA
-Lightweight vintage design - weight is about 1.2 oz.
-Nickel plated aluminum alloy, Copplerless plated
-Vintage lenght Steel studs
-Tailpiece ear thickness is .290"(7.4mm)
Note every single Stopbar is handsanded, so they are all slighlty different and unique in shape! Aging vary from bridge to bridge

The aluminum tailpieces weight 1/4 that of the zinc and produce a much different sound. They transfer vibrations differently, resulting in a woodier, more airy vintage tone - richer, rounder mids but with more upper harmonics as well. Back in the '50s, Gibson used aluminum for their stop bar tailpieces. For whatever reason, they switched to zinc, which is still used today on all but the historic line.

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