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My compton bridge finally arrived. It's cut to my string gauge and bridge position. I was worried about intonation, but for some reason it works... Not perfect, but quite acceptable.

It sounds much better than the stock TOM - louder and clearer, a bit hard to describe, but definitely a lot more sustain. Everyone should try a bar bridge on an electric.

Now waiting on my HS filtertrons in the post..

Got a pic of the original bridge?

MikeC wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 2:53 pm Got a pic of the original bridge?

Nice. Did you go for aluminium? I had one on an orange Gretsch 5420 just like yours and agree, it makes a huge difference. I took it off when I sold the Gretsch and popped it on my LP where it adds a lot of needed zing.

The origial was a tom like this https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/3071/ ... 7179553833

Yeah I got the aluminum tone chamber one!

What Filtertrons did you get?

A set of these from Aus, came to about $260 during his sale https://www.martinasmith.com.au/collect ... ertron-set

quyet wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:39 pm A set of these from Aus, came to about $260 during his sale https://www.martinasmith.com.au/collect ... ertron-set

Would be interesting to compare to my TVJ Classics...

Jay wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:48 pm

quyet wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:39 pm A set of these from Aus, came to about $260 during his sale https://www.martinasmith.com.au/collect ... ertron-set

Would be interesting to compare to my TVJ Classics...

Yea, I was keen on TVJ but couldn't justify the extra cost. I just find the blacktops too hot and lacking in character.

From the reviews I've read the the TV Classics have 'more bite' compared to HS filters and that the aussietrons are faithful recreations

quyet wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:09 pm The origial was a tom like this https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/3071/ ... 7179553833

Yeah I got the aluminum tone chamber one!

I see, you can intonate the old one but the new one sounds better!

I found that too about the blacktops. Too 'ceramic' sounding ,I guess. I swapped them for some TVJ T-armonds. Loved 'em! Spank, sparkle n growl on tap, but yeah, very spendy!

MikeC wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 4:01 pm

quyet wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:09 pm The origial was a tom like this https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/3071/ ... 7179553833

Yeah I got the aluminum tone chamber one!

I see, you can intonate the old one but the new one sounds better!

Generally speaking, they do intonate very well, but it is string gauge dependent it seems. By running 11's on mine the intonation was bang on.

Precisely

I had 12-52 as it was cut for and it was perfect

Put 10-46 on (as seen in the pics above) and it's a little out but acceptable yeh

I'm also a fan of these bridges...they make Gretsch guitars sound even more Gretschy

Went back to 12-52 and the intonation is spot on wow

big fan as well, i had one in either my ex-G6131T Firebird or the G6118T can't remember but yeah they're awesome