NOS-Gibson Super 400 Exclusive Tailpiece & Authentic Truss Rod Cover COMBO Late 80’s - Engraved Solid Brass with Super 400 semi-polished bound Truss Rod Cover.

NOS Gibson CUSTOM COMBO - Exclusive Super 400 Tailpiece Polished Brass-Late 80’s and Super 400 Truss Rod Cover. From the Maudie E. Moore Kalamazoo Inventory…

*BONUS- Includes Super 400 Bound Semi-polished Truss Rod Cover…

The Exclusive Super 400 Tailpiece is one of the unique key factors and components that set it apart from all other guitars, completing its revered 18” body design. Not only it’s high bar and status symbol appearance but also in its resonate properties and materials. 

The Super 400 tailpiece is Solid brass, engraved with “Super 400” artistic design pattern that invokes a sense of belonging.

This authentic NOS late 80’s production exclusive Super 400 tailpiece has no “Veritone tension adjuster” for a number of reasons. The main and most important is the damage it can cause to the top due to over adjusting or tightening.

The “adjuster”concept was correct by exerting pressure to the top allowing the heavy brass tail to make contact with the top via the “Veritone tension adjuster” applying direct down pressure. However, this proved to be disastrous by cracking the select solid carved spruce top of the Super 400 causing major damage to the instrument.

 Another issue was the tailpiece hight not allowing enough down pressure to the strings across the bridge, Thus allowing it to slide from side to side under string bending, hard playing and or light gauge strings.

By the mid 70’s the “Veritone tension adjuster” was eliminated from both L-5 and Super 400 tailpieces. This improvement allowed the tailpiece to set lower on the top and enhance the string down pressure across the bridge even more.

This late 80‘s Gibson tailpiece with keyhole fits all “Non hinged tailpiece” Super 400’s with 3-3/8” rim depth from the 1939/40 era going forward.

OEM Mounting screws, end pin and Flat sanded Semi-polished *Super 400 Truss Rod Cover Included.

Please see our Maudie E. Moore information sheet and video clip about the Kalamazoo engraver, 1940-2021

Thank you,

Gregg De Lorto