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Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
I've mentioned it in the past, I've had a thing for those Gibson RD guitars ever since I first saw one. Seems that Gibson is making a limited run of them on 2014, and, thanks to zZounds newsletters, I had to be exposed to it... Then I noticed that tailpiece - first time I see one like this. TP-6. Anyone knows what's the purpose and how they work?  EDIT - Here's a close up to make up for the image resize... 
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/06 23:35:27
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....but it's not Black. 😊
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/06 23:37:25
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....but it's not Black. 😊
It's still in the Imperial colour code - it's the stormtrooper colour scheme. :P
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/06 23:50:07
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Rain
MakeShift
....but it's not Black. 😊
It's still in the Imperial colour code - it's the stormtrooper colour scheme. :P
 See? White is one of the acceptable colors.   (That tail piece looks like a trem tailpiece except they forgot to add the bar!)
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/06 23:56:59
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☄ Helpfulby Rain 2014/08/06 23:52:39
The TP-6 is a tailpiece with micro tuners built in. There are little cams that move back and forth when you turn the small adjuster wheel for each string. Sort of like the micro tuners on a Floyd or Kahler.
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/06 23:58:49
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☄ Helpfulby Rain 2014/08/06 23:52:43
It's basically just a stop tailpiece with fine tuners on it. I believe the BB King Lucille model has it also.
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/06 23:58:55
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/07 00:00:11
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Oops... Ampfixer beat me to it.:)
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/07 01:05:09
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Timing is everything.
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/07 02:23:58
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2014/08/09 15:22:48
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Timing is everything.
I thought RAM was everything, no? 
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/07 09:11:14
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I have an original '78 RD Artist bass. I love it to bits but don't play it much anymore because of its broken (fixed) headstock.
When I was first learning guitar I fell in love with the RD series but could never afford one, so I measured up a picture from the Gibson catalogue and built my own.. Well, ok, my dad did a lot of the work. I was young then...
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/07 15:27:51
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I have an original '78 RD Artist bass. I love it to bits but don't play it much anymore because of its broken (fixed) headstock.
When I was first learning guitar I fell in love with the RD series but could never afford one, so I measured up a picture from the Gibson catalogue and built my own.. Well, ok, my dad did a lot of the work. I was young then...
Besides setting the intonation (as long as I don't have to mess with the truss rod) and doing some minor cosmetic changes, I'm worthless, so I wouldn't imagine even getting actively involved in the making of an instrument. I became aware of the RD through a friend who bought one on eBay. He's sold it, but he kept measurements so that he could build one, so that could be one option.
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Re: Big Teaser and one odd tailpiece...
2014/08/09 11:43:29
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Oddly, the RDs don't bring nearly as much on the vintage market as one would expect. My bud had a beautiful vintage RD Artist for years but finally sold it for around four or five hundred IIRC. He now wishes he had it back. I like em too.
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