visibly used / relic'd real player's wear Epiphone B-2 metric ABR-1 vintage style bridge CHROME, large posts mounting pieces (NO anchors) early 2000s (for some import guitars that use this style bridge) will NOT fit on Gibson - mounting holes are too big

Up for grabs is a visibly used / visibly (heavily) relic'd from real player's wear & age Epiphone B-2 metric ABR-1 vintage style bridge CHROME finish with large posts mounting pieces (6M upper smooth post) / 8M lower threaded area0. NO anchors - sorry I do NOT have them.

• It has notched saddles.

From early 2000s (I believe that this was on a 2000 Epiphone Bully (made in Korea) electric guitar that I restored and later sold.

The bridge is / was mostly likely made by the guitar parts company Sung-iL. They supplied Epiphone with parts / hardware for many years.

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Written details about it's condition are further down in the description.

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Please read info below about the mounting pieces because the mounting pieces are NOT the normal kind that are used with ABR-1 style bridges.

NOTE: Does NOT have C-Clips. But the saddles, screws and the retaining clips are on tight.

Even though there is a lot of visible: corrosion, discoloration and wear - the saddles and the screws can be adjusted fine.

By the way - the type of mounting posts for this bridge is called LARGE POSTS.

This ABR-1 style bridge is a great part for an import electric guitar (requiring metric studs) that you want to relic. Comes with large metric posts (sorry bushings (also called anchors or body inserts are NOT included)

This is considered to be a metric bridge / guitar part that is commonly associated with import guitars (which are guitars usually made in China and Indonesia and Korea).

NOTE: the mounting pieces are NOT the normal kind that are used with ABR-1 style bridges . The normal type of mounting are narrow completely threaded screws (that in most instances) screw into the wood of a guitars body) and that have thumbwheels that can be taken off of the mounting screws. << This style in NOT what the bridge for sale in this listing uses.

In the pictures you can see the type of mounting pieces that goes with this specific bridge - which is the type that is normally is used with a NASHVILLE TOM bridge but larger and the top side of each mounting post has a dash imprint:

• upper half is a smooth post, center area has an un-removable circular thumbwheel, and lower half has a threaded screw-like stem.
• also the diameter of the upper half and the diameter of the lower half of the mounting pieces are wide: 6mm (6M) for smooth upper half and 8mm (8M) for the lower threaded half
• Also the center of the TOP Side of each Mounting Post has a dash line impression (which you have to option to use to raise or to lower the height of the bridge).

This bridge is for some import electric guitars (that are usually in a lower or mid / lower price range) that use this style bridge.

This bridge will NOT fit on a Gibson because mounting holes are too big and because the mount pieces (smooth upper post the part and the lower threaded part) are too wide.

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This is NOT a historic part. This is NOT a vintage (meaning old) part.

• But it has a vintage - heavily appearance (from actual player's wear and age).

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Weight of this bridge with the saddles, screws, & wire is 1.6 ounces

• NOTE: this weight does not include the mounting pieces.

Made of zinc die-cast.

Some measurements:

• String spread (also called Slot spacing) is 2 and 1/32" (which is very slightly less than 2 and 1/16") SEE picture # 8.

• Post spacing 2-29/32" (which is close to 2 and 7/8") (73.66mm) SEE picture # 9.

NOTE: Three of the saddles are in one direction. And three saddles are in the other direction. This is how this style bridge is designed.

• The orientation of ABR-1 bridge saddles can be adjusted to fine-tune intonation, and sometimes.
• NOTE: Flipping half the saddles allows for a slightly greater range of adjustment, or to accommodate different string gauges.

In case you don't already know: the adjustment screws on the ABR-1 bridge are designed to face the neck, ensuring that the strings angle over the saddles without interfering with the screw heads.

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Going by REVERB's condition criteria and since this item is fully functional - I put it's condition as GOOD. But going by a regular observation type of judgement of it's cosmetic condition - it is in FAIR shape.

CONDITION :

MAIN part of BRIDGE --

• TOP SIDE of main part: The left and right areas have some tiny nicks and tiny bumps (pitting) and a few very short dash scratches. The areas where the saddles ares have discoloration oxidation, and cloudiness. The upper and lower areas have some tiny & very small nicks & bumps.
• The LOWER SIDE of main part (which is the side with the six very small holes) - It has a lot of tiny & very small bumps (pitting) from rust forming on the metal under the chrome finish. Some of this pitting looks like nicks.
• And the UPPER SIDE of main part (which is the side with the heads of the adjustment screws) - It has a lot of visible discoloration, some pitting (very small bumps), some tiny & very small nicks, some oxidation, and some cloudiness.
• The Top Areas of the UPPER and LOWER LONG EDGES of main part - There are a few tiny & very small nicks.
• BOTTOM SIDE of Main part: It has some tiny / very small nicks and some tiny / very small pitting (bumps) in / on the chrome finish and on the metal. It has a few scratches. It has a little discoloration, oxidation, and cloudiness.

SADDLES- The have a lot of imperfections: pitting, rust, discoloration, oxidation, nicks, chrome finish is dull and dirty. SEE pictures for other imperfections.

SCREWS For the Saddles - They move fine. The inner threaded areas have discoloration. The heads have some discoloration, some nicks, and some wear in / on the chrome finish.

WIRE (retaining wire): It is on tight. It has some discoloration

MOUNTING PIECES:

• The UPPER HALF (which is the smooth posts, the circular parts with the ridges, and the upper part of the threaded areas located just below the circular parts) has some areas where there is visible discoloration and some nicks and imperfections in the finish & in the metal. The LOWER HALF (which is most of the threaded areas) are very clean.
• NO anchors (which are the piece that actually go into the wood of the guitar's body and where the height adjustment mounting pieces screw into)

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Vintage STYLE ABR-1 bridge with large mounting pieces.

• Saddles material : zinc die-cast
• Base plate material : zinc die-cast
• Mounting Pieces material: probably steel
• Mounting Pieces size (lower half threaded part): (M8 x 12.5)

I took several pictures of this bridge and a few pictures of the mounting pieces.

NOTE:   There may be some imperfections that I overlooked.   There are some imperfections that can be seen in person that do not appear in the pictures.  Also  - there are some glares and / or reflections that show up in the pictures that are not visible in person.
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