Bridge

Hipshot Hipshot 6-String Tone-A-Matic Bridge

A two-post retrofit for guitars with a Gibson Nashville or Epiphone-style Tune-O-Matic, machined from aircraft-grade aluminum with a stainless steel saddle design built to reduce rattle and improve sustain.

7 guitars checked: 2 needs verification, 5 requires modification.

Hipshot Hipshot 6-String Tone-A-Matic Bridge

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Part specs

String spacing

Not published

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Bridge type

Tone-A-Matic (Gibson Nashville/Epiphone-style retrofit, exact string spacing not independently confirmed)

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Guitars we've checked

7 guitars checked: 2 needs verification, 5 requires modification.

Epiphone

ES-335 2021

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This bridge is designed for Nashville and Epiphone-style Tune-o-matics, which is likely what this guitar has, but worth checking the stamp on your bridge before buying.

Why we say this

Hipshot's Tone-A-Matic is built for Nashville and Epiphone-style mounting, not ABR-1, per Hipshot's own published spec. This guitar's LockTone bridge is presumed to be the Nashville import-style hardware typical of modern Epiphones, which would match what Hipshot build to, but the exact bridge stamp on this specific guitar has not been independently confirmed.

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Gibson

SG Standard Left-Handed

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This bridge is built for Nashville and Epiphone-style Tune-o-matics. Sources disagree on which of those two bridge types this guitar actually ships with, so measure your post spacing before buying.

Why we say this

Hipshot's Tone-A-Matic is built for Nashville and Epiphone-style mounting, not ABR-1, per Hipshot's own published spec. The SG Standard's bridge spec is genuinely unsettled: Gibson's right-handed listing gives ABR-1 while the left-handed listing gives Nashville, and those are two different post spacings. A Nashville bridge would match what Hipshot build to, but with the underlying spec in conflict this cannot be presented as a safe drop-in.

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Gibson

Les Paul Classic 2023

Requires modification

This bridge is built for the Nashville-style bridge mount, not the ABR-1 mount on this guitar. Would need post/bushing changes, not a straight drop-in.

Why we say this

Hipshot's Tone-A-Matic is built for the Nashville/import-style non-vintage TOM mounting, not true inch-thread ABR-1 hardware found on this Gibson. Post spacing and thread differ between the two systems.

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Gibson

Les Paul Standard '50s 2023

Requires modification

This bridge is built for the Nashville-style bridge mount, not the ABR-1 mount on this guitar. Would need post/bushing changes, not a straight drop-in.

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Gibson

Les Paul Standard 60s 2023

Requires modification

This bridge is built for the Nashville-style bridge mount, not the ABR-1 mount on this guitar. Would need post/bushing changes, not a straight drop-in.

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Gibson

SG Standard 2023

Requires modification

This bridge is built for Nashville and Epiphone-style Tune-o-matics, not the ABR-1 bridge on this guitar. It will not swap in without modification.

Why we say this

Hipshot's Tone-A-Matic is built for Nashville and Epiphone-style mounting, not ABR-1, per Hipshot's own published spec. This guitar's bridge is listed as ABR-1, which is the narrower post spacing, so the two do not match. Worth knowing that the SG Standard's bridge spec is disputed across Gibson's own right-handed and left-handed listings, but on the ABR-1 figure this guitar carries, the Tone-A-Matic is a mismatch.

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Gibson

SG Standard 61 2023

Requires modification

This bridge is built for the Nashville-style bridge mount, not the ABR-1 mount on this guitar. Would need post/bushing changes, not a straight drop-in.

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