'96s EBMM Steve Morse bridge replacement

[gitarero84]

Hello everyone,
I recently bought a Steve Morse model from 1996.
The Gotoh TOM Bridge is pretty used.
I'm looking for a good replacement. I think the Gotoh TOMs came with m4 studs.
Is it correct, that the newer models are equipped with bridges from tonepros?
Does any of you have a recommendation?

greetings from germany,
Ingo

 

[beej]

That's right- the new ones (and the Y2D) have the Tonepros. (You can still find the original Gotohs if you look around though.) You can also just replace the saddles. Bit of a pain, but less expensive. At one point I put titanium ones on mine and they sounded great.

I ultimately replaced the bridge and posts on mine with a Callaham. But there are so many good ones out there.

That said ... if I were to do it again, I'd just go to the Tonepros. Sounds great and it locks in place, unlike the original.

 

[fbecir]

Hello Ingo and welcome aboard

I am sure you have some pictures of your Morse you want to share with us !

 

[gitarero84]

Thanks for the welcome,
here is a picture of my morse.

The previous owner told me he had issues with getting a original toggle switch here in germany when the lever broke. So he replaced it with a black one.

I got a Gotoh bridge for replacement. So I was sure the studs will fit.
The new brige:

And here is a picture of the old one:


Unfortunately I have some sitar string ringing on the nut. I will have to investigate in that.

 

[fbecir]

What's wrong with the old bridge ?

On my Morse, the bridge is quite similar (perhaps worst ???) but I have no problem with it.

 

[gitarero84]

I don't think there is anything wrong with the old bridge.
But first I thought the sitar buzz came from the bridge.

 

[beej]

Nice Morse! I like the black switch.

I've had a number of buzzes from my Morse over the years that have been tough to track down (I use grommets between the strings to dampen any unwanted vibrations behind the nut & bridge). The sitar sound is obviously a big issue - hopefully it's just the nut that needs a light file.