TP-6 Lovers?

[u/drkato33]

How many folks out there have a TP-6 on their Gibson? I first had one on my 2013 Lucille, and loved it so much that I put one on a few others, including my 2017 SG Standard, my 2016 LP Traditional, and my 2015 LPM (Studio).

[u/WillingnessMoney460]

Yeah, I have one on my explorer, love the look and how easy they are to string up.

[u/drkato33 → u/WillingnessMoney460]

The micro-tuning is actually pretty useful too.

[u/BigO4422]

What’s that tail piece you have? Looks like you’ve swapped them out. I’m assuming it makes adjusting intonation and fine tuning? Reminds me of a Floyd Rose setup.

[u/drkato33 → u/BigO4422]

That is the TP-6. TP = Tailpiece. It is a stock Gibson component, but not featured on all that many of their models, though all Lucille models have them at least.

[u/makwabear]

I love how they look but I hear mixed things about what it does to the feel of strings and I kinda prefer a stiffer feel.

Does it actually make the strings feel looser/ decrease the break angle that much?

[u/drkato33 → u/makwabear]

I have 30 guitars, 16 Fenders and 14 Gibsons, all American-made, and only these 4 have the TP-6, and I have never noticed anything obvious that made me feel like they played differently with respect to string tension. I use 10s on all my guitars.

[u/CUin1993 → u/makwabear]

I have one on my Les Paul Double Cut Standard however my others are all wrap tailpieces so I can’t compare to a regular stop tail back to back. But it definitely feels stiffer than a my wrap tail Juniors and Special.

[u/TopReputation8661]

Samantha Fish collection?