The Les Paul Traditional aims for a vintage-correct weight and feel without the collector price of a Historic reissue, unrelieved mahogany body (hence the heavier 9.5 lb weight) and a 50s-style rounded neck.
11 mods reviewed: 7 drop-in, 3 need verification, 1 needs modification.
The Les Paul Traditional aims for a vintage-correct weight and feel without the collector price of a Historic reissue, unrelieved mahogany body (hence the heavier 9.5 lb weight) and a 50s-style rounded neck. Its bridge is genuine ABR-1 spec, confirmed via Faber's own Gibson bridge selection guide, which places the 2017-and-later Les Paul Traditional under the vintage ABR-1 category alongside the Historic series, not the wider Nashville spec found on many other current Gibsons.
Tailpiece
Stopbar
String spacing
52mm (2.05")
Scale length
24.75" (629mm)
Nut width
43.05mm (1.695")
Bridge mounting spacing
73.6mm (2.90")
Not published by Gibson: tuner hole size. Measure this before buying tuners.
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Matches your guitar's ABR-1 bridge exactly. Drops into the existing saddle slots, no need to replace the whole bridge.
Saddle-only swap matched to this guitar's confirmed ABR-1 Tune-o-Matic bridge, per Graph Tech's own bridge-stamp fitment guide (PQ-8400-00). Not a universal TOM saddle, this SKU is specific to true ABR-1 spec bridges.
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Matches this guitar's genuine ABR-1 bridge spec directly.
This bridge's own spec sheet confirms ABR-1 vintage mounting at 74.0mm post spacing, matching this guitar's genuine ABR-1 bridge, confirmed via Faber's own Gibson model list.
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View at AmazonThis bridge uses metric threads, not the inch threads on genuine vintage Gibson hardware. Sources disagree on whether it drops straight in or needs different posts. Worth checking your bridge's thread type before ordering.
Gotoh's GE104B uses M4 metric threaded posts, not the 6-32 inch threads genuine vintage Gibson ABR-1 hardware uses. Retailer listings for this exact bridge genuinely disagree on whether it's a direct fit for post-2017 Gibson ABR-1 guitars: some describe it as a straight drop-in replacement for Gibson or Epiphone ABR-1-style bridges, others explicitly state it is not a direct replacement for Gibson ABR-1 bridges. This guitar's bushing thread type has not been independently confirmed against either claim.
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Fits the standard humbucker route. A vintage-voiced, aged alternative to the stock pickups. Needs soldering.
Standard humbucker route and mounting, consistent with this guitar's factory humbucker cavity. A vintage-voiced alternative to the stock pickups, aged and lower output rather than a modern hot-output design.
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View at ReverbThe exact pickups found on the USA Gibson Les Paul Standard, direct fit here too. Still needs soldering.
This is literally what Gibson ships in the USA Les Paul Standard, a genuine drop-in for the standard humbucker route this guitar also uses.
Fits the standard humbucker route. A higher-output alternative to the stock pickups for pushing an amp into natural overdrive. Needs soldering.
Standard humbucker route and mounting, consistent with this guitar's factory humbucker cavity. A long-established high-output ceramic-magnet alternative to the stock pickups, aimed at players who want more push into natural amp overdrive.
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View at AndertonsFits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in.
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View at AndertonsLikely matches the standard 10mm bore most current Gibsons use, but this guitar's exact hole size hasn't been independently confirmed. Measure before buying.
This guitar's exact tuner hole size has not been independently confirmed. Matches the well-corroborated 10mm standard seen across most current Gibson USA models, but not specifically measured on this one.
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Likely matches the standard 10mm bore most current Gibsons use, but this guitar's exact hole size hasn't been independently confirmed. Measure before buying. This tuner is also vintage-hole sized rather than modern, worth factoring into the fit question either way.
This guitar's exact tuner hole size has not been independently confirmed. Matches the well-corroborated 10mm standard seen across most current Gibson USA models, but not specifically measured on this one. Separately, this tuner is itself vintage-hole spec (8.73 to 8.8mm), not the modern 10mm size, so even where this guitar's hole size is eventually confirmed as modern 10mm, conversion bushings would be needed regardless.
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A Bigsby vibrato mounted with an adapter that uses your existing bridge screws, no drilling and fully reversible.
The Vibramate V7-LP adapter uses the existing stop-bar bushings and the strap-pin hole, no new holes required, per Vibramate's own spec, which lists it as fitting carved-top Gibson Les Paul style guitars generally.
A real modification, not a drop-in. New holes go in the guitar, best left to someone experienced or a tech.
This guitar ships with a fixed stopbar, not a vibrato. Direct-mounting a Bigsby means new holes in the top.
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