Faber's Tune-O-Matic replacement for guitars using the Nashville bridge system, most commonly found on genuine Gibson and Heritage guitars made from 1980 onward.
22 guitars checked: 11 needs verification, 11 requires modification.
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Reverb
Being re-verified
Bridge type
Nashville Tune-O-Matic
ConfirmedString spacing
52mm
ConfirmedMounting hole spacing
74.4mm
Confirmed22 guitars checked: 11 needs verification, 11 requires modification.
A Nashville-spec bridge option, but ESP's exact stud spec has not been confirmed to match. Measure before ordering.
Guitar ships with a Gotoh TOM bridge, ESP's exact stud spec has not been independently confirmed to match Gibson-spec Nashville.
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A Nashville-spec bridge option, but ESP's exact stud spec has not been confirmed to match. Measure before ordering.
Guitar ships with a Gotoh TOM bridge, ESP's exact stud spec has not been independently confirmed to match Gibson-spec Nashville.
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A Nashville-spec bridge option, but ESP's exact stud spec on this model has not been confirmed to match. Measure before ordering.
This guitar ships with a TonePros locking Tune-O-Matic. ESP typically uses its own metric stud spec, which has not been independently confirmed to match this Gibson-spec Nashville retrofit part.
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A Nashville-spec bridge option, but ESP's exact stud spec has not been confirmed to match. Measure before ordering.
Guitar ships with a Tune-O-Matic bridge, ESP's exact stud spec has not been independently confirmed to match Gibson-spec Nashville.
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Should fit if your bridge has the original Nashville posts, but some Gibsons made from 2012 on switched to slightly larger posts that this bridge won't seat on. Worth checking your posts before buying, or measuring against Faber's spec.
Faber's own FAQ flags that some Gibson guitars made from 2012 onward use a Nashville-style bridge with larger 5mm thumbwheel posts instead of the original 4.35mm posts the ABRN is built for. Faber has not published which specific models are affected, only that "some" post-2012 Gibsons have the larger posts. This guitar's year falls in the affected range, but the exact post diameter on this model has not been independently confirmed either way. If the larger posts are present, Faber conversion posts (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) are needed.
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Should fit if your bridge has the original Nashville posts, but some Gibsons made from 2012 on switched to slightly larger posts that this bridge won't seat on. Worth checking your posts before buying, or measuring against Faber's spec.
Faber's own FAQ flags that some Gibson guitars made from 2012 onward use a Nashville-style bridge with larger 5mm thumbwheel posts instead of the original 4.35mm posts the ABRN is built for. Faber has not published which specific models are affected, only that "some" post-2012 Gibsons have the larger posts. This guitar's year falls in the affected range, but the exact post diameter on this model has not been independently confirmed either way. If the larger posts are present, Faber conversion posts (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) are needed.
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Should fit if your bridge has the original Nashville posts, but some Gibsons made from 2012 on switched to slightly larger posts that this bridge won't seat on. Worth checking your posts before buying, or measuring against Faber's spec.
Faber's own FAQ flags that some Gibson guitars made from 2012 onward use a Nashville-style bridge with larger 5mm thumbwheel posts instead of the original 4.35mm posts the ABRN is built for. Faber has not published which specific models are affected, only that "some" post-2012 Gibsons have the larger posts. This guitar's year falls in the affected range, but the exact post diameter on this model has not been independently confirmed either way. If the larger posts are present, Faber conversion posts (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) are needed.
Help confirm this fit
Should fit if your bridge has the original Nashville posts, but some Gibsons made from 2012 on switched to slightly larger posts that this bridge won't seat on. Worth checking your posts before buying, or measuring against Faber's spec.
Faber's own FAQ flags that some Gibson guitars made from 2012 onward use a Nashville-style bridge with larger 5mm thumbwheel posts instead of the original 4.35mm posts the ABRN is built for. Faber has not published which specific models are affected, only that "some" post-2012 Gibsons have the larger posts. This guitar's year falls in the affected range, but the exact post diameter on this model has not been independently confirmed either way. If the larger posts are present, Faber conversion posts (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) are needed.
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This is the wider Nashville-spec bridge. This guitar's exact spacing isn't fully confirmed yet, so we can't promise this fits either. Measure before buying.
This is the Nashville-spec side of the same unresolved bridge conflict. If the left-handed listing's Nashville spec turns out to be correct for this guitar rather than the ABR-1 shown here, this would be the matching bridge instead. Right now neither spec is confirmed.
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This is the wider Nashville-spec bridge, matching what this guitar shows. Its exact spacing isn't fully confirmed yet, so we can't promise this fits either. Measure before buying.
This is the Nashville-spec side of the same unresolved bridge conflict, and matches what this specific listing shows. If the ABR-1 spec shown on the right-handed SG Standard turns out to be correct for this guitar family instead, this would not be the matching bridge. No handedness concern for this part.
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A Nashville-spec bridge option, but an exact match to this guitar's metric TonePros studs has not been confirmed. Measure before ordering.
This guitar ships with a metric TonePros T3BT bridge. An exact stud match to this Nashville-spec repro part has not been independently confirmed.
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This bridge is built for genuine Gibson Nashville posts, not Epiphone's. You'll need to swap in Faber's own conversion posts first, no drilling required if you use their simplest kit.
Faber's own FAQ states Epiphone and other imported guitars use bridge posts that screw into bushings, not original Nashville inserts, and require Faber conversion bridge studs (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) to use any Faber bridge including the ABRN. NSWKIT is a straightforward stud swap with no drilling. BSWKIT is more invasive, needs the body inserts removed and tapped. The plain ABRN alone is not a drop-in for this guitar.
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This bridge is built for genuine Gibson Nashville posts, not Epiphone's. You'll need to swap in Faber's own conversion posts first, no drilling required if you use their simplest kit.
Faber's own FAQ states Epiphone and other imported guitars use bridge posts that screw into bushings, not original Nashville inserts, and require Faber conversion bridge studs (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) to use any Faber bridge including the ABRN. NSWKIT is a straightforward stud swap with no drilling. BSWKIT is more invasive, needs the body inserts removed and tapped. The plain ABRN alone is not a drop-in for this guitar.
Help confirm this fit
This bridge is built for genuine Gibson Nashville posts, not Epiphone's. You'll need to swap in Faber's own conversion posts first, no drilling required if you use their simplest kit. Handedness isn't a factor here.
Faber's own FAQ states Epiphone and other imported guitars use bridge posts that screw into bushings, not original Nashville inserts, and require Faber conversion bridge studs (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) to use any Faber bridge including the ABRN. NSWKIT is a straightforward stud swap with no drilling. BSWKIT is more invasive, needs the body inserts removed and tapped. The plain ABRN alone is not a drop-in for this guitar. Handedness is not a separate concern, a Tune-o-matic bridge has no inherent left or right orientation.
Help confirm this fit
This bridge is built for genuine Gibson Nashville posts, not Epiphone's. You'll need to swap in Faber's own conversion posts first, no drilling required if you use their simplest kit.
Faber's own FAQ states Epiphone and other imported guitars use bridge posts that screw into bushings, not original Nashville inserts, and require Faber conversion bridge studs (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) to use any Faber bridge including the ABRN. NSWKIT is a straightforward stud swap with no drilling. BSWKIT is more invasive, needs the body inserts removed and tapped. The plain ABRN alone is not a drop-in for this guitar.
Help confirm this fit
This bridge is built for genuine Gibson Nashville posts, not Epiphone's. You'll need to swap in Faber's own conversion posts first, no drilling required if you use their simplest kit.
Faber's own FAQ states Epiphone and other imported guitars use bridge posts that screw into bushings, not original Nashville inserts, and require Faber conversion bridge studs (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) to use any Faber bridge including the ABRN. NSWKIT is a straightforward stud swap with no drilling. BSWKIT is more invasive, needs the body inserts removed and tapped. The plain ABRN alone is not a drop-in for this guitar.
Help confirm this fit
This bridge is built for genuine Gibson Nashville posts, not Epiphone's. You'll need to swap in Faber's own conversion posts first, no drilling required if you use their simplest kit.
Faber's own FAQ states Epiphone and other imported guitars use bridge posts that screw into bushings, not original Nashville inserts, and require Faber conversion bridge studs (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) to use any Faber bridge including the ABRN. NSWKIT is a straightforward stud swap with no drilling. BSWKIT is more invasive, needs the body inserts removed and tapped. The plain ABRN alone is not a drop-in for this guitar.
Help confirm this fit
This bridge is built for genuine Gibson Nashville posts, not Epiphone's. You'll need to swap in Faber's own conversion posts first, no drilling required if you use their simplest kit.
Faber's own FAQ states Epiphone and other imported guitars use bridge posts that screw into bushings, not original Nashville inserts, and require Faber conversion bridge studs (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) to use any Faber bridge including the ABRN. NSWKIT is a straightforward stud swap with no drilling. BSWKIT is more invasive, needs the body inserts removed and tapped. The plain ABRN alone is not a drop-in for this guitar.
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This is built for the wider Nashville spacing, not the vintage-correct spacing this guitar uses. New post holes would be needed to fit it.
This is Faber's wider Nashville-spec bridge, and this guitar uses the narrower vintage-correct ABR-1 post spacing. Fitting a Nashville bridge means new, wider-spaced post holes.
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This is built for the wider Nashville-style bridge posts, not the narrower ABR-1 posts this guitar actually has. Expect to need new bushings drilled and fitted, not a straight swap.
Nashville-spec bridges are built for wider post spacing, roughly 74.5mm nominal versus ABR-1's roughly 74.0mm, and typically use a different, larger stud diameter. Sources describe the spacing gap alone as sometimes forgiving, but the stud diameter mismatch is the real blocker, this is not a straightforward retrofit onto ABR-1 posts.
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Built for the wider Nashville-style bridge posts, not the narrower ABR-1 posts this guitar has stock. Expect to need new bushings fitted, not a straight swap.
Nashville-spec bridges are built for wider post spacing and typically a different stud diameter than this guitar's factory ABR-1 posts.
Help confirm this fit
Built for the wider Nashville-style bridge posts, not the narrower ABR-1 posts this guitar has stock. Expect to need new bushings fitted, not a straight swap.
Nashville-spec bridges are built for wider post spacing and typically a different stud diameter than this guitar's factory ABR-1 posts. Not a straightforward retrofit without reworking the bushings.
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If you have fitted any of these to this Faber ABRN Nashville Bridge, tell us what you found and we'll update the data.
