Gotoh 1088 ??????????

[wolf]

Hello everyone, I have a question on a subject that's been bothering me.

I have a beautiful Drop Top that has the Gotoh 1055 ( I think that's the bridge )

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x182/wolf5151/ANDERSON3.jpg

Other forums are moaning that this trem sounds horrid and that the posts are prone to warping... this has made me stop playing it live for the moment.

I have the identical trem on my Suhr.

Is this true and if so, is there a better alternative ?

Both companies have stopped using this trem as far as I can tell. :confused:

[tom]

the 1088 is the old gotoh with the screw in arm, wider string spacing and bent saddles. it uses the same posts we have been using for 20 years. we have never had "warping posts". the 1088 did have a zinc block which makes for a darker sounding bridge. whether that's good or bod is subjective. the switch from the 1088 to the 1055 or 1099 was done mostly for the pushin arm, narrower string spacing, and for us, the solid steel saddle.
yours looks as though it has the bigger diameter pushin arm, but i can't quite tell from the pic.
when we couldn't get consistent results with the steel saddle we switched and had fishman make our bridges. they had steel blocks.
in 2006 we finally found all the right parts for us and now assemble parts from 4 different people to get what we have always wanted. still the same posts.
gotta be careful what you believe on forums:eek:

[wolf]

Hi Tom

The serial number of mine is 03-13-05M

Does that help ?

It has a push in arm and I think it's the Fishman, def has a steel block.

What model would you suggest it is ?

The tone of your bridge is lovely, the Suhr version looks identical but has a completely different and harder, metallic tone ( body woods are the same )
Again, it's the posts that seem to generate the concern on the forums.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x182/wolf5151/anderson.full.jpg

[tom]

that is the fishman with the steel block. can't speak to why the guitars sound different, other than every builder does things differently and they all add up to the guitars ultimate tone. like i said before, we've used these studs for 20+ years and never had a problem. if they were installed in a hole that was too big to start with i could see a problem, but that would be the wood failing, not the stud.

[michaelomiya]

OMG THAT top is stunning! beautiful!