Schaller STM TOM-Style Bridge C Reverse

Imagine you buy a guitar, let's say a Harley Benton lp style for less than 200 Euro's, in that case a bridge that cost 55 Euro's is a lot. A fourth of the guitar. My very favorite HB guitar made me decide to upgrade the hardware; tuners and bridge. (Nut was bone already!) All together more than half the price of the guitar. My Harley that was standard made of fine materials and of good playability is after this 'operation' a high quality instrument now. The Schaller bridge does't know what the word 'rattle' means. It is absolutely tight. Does not move around and is also side ways adjustable to reach the string spacing to fit my needs perfectly. The sound of the HB did benefit likewise. A 'finer' touch and sound. 'Palm muting' feels comfortable. I bought exactly the same Schaller bridge for a1970 ties Gibson SG 200 around 1980. The quality of the materials and chrome is superb and of the highest German standard. The bridge i bought around 1980 still works perfect. My opinion: A good investment.

This was a replacement/upgrade bridge for my Les Paul Modern. Surprisingly, the LP Modern has many newer features and technologies, but unfortunately Gibson chose to retain the traditional Nashville TOM. While the stock TOM is OK, it is far from perfect. This Schaller roller TOM is absolutely amazing. It is solid, zero buzz/rattle, sounds bright and smooth, incredible sustain, and delivers consistent controlled tones with a very high degree of stability. Gibson should put this bad-boy stock on its LP Modern! I liked it so much I have ordered the recommended Schaller tailpiece too. In the USA, it is very difficult to find a new "reverse" version of this bridge. I like the screws facing the tailpiece for easier access.

I ordered from Thomman on a Wednesday and it arrive by Monday in five days. Installation was a breeze. The M5 screws fit my 2021 LP perfectly. The height adjustment came out fine with a low action setting. No issues. The intonation range is much better than the stock TOM. I could barely get my G adjusted enough back with the stock TOM. With the Schaller I have it dialed in perfectly and have plenty of remaining range to go further back if ever needed. Lastly, the LP Modern has a 10-16 inch compound radius finger board. I had some concern about not being able to dial in a bridge radius of ~18 inches to match up perfectly with fingerboard. The resulting radius on this bridge with my set string width of 53 mm creates a bridge radius of a little more than 13 inches with the adjustable wheels. After setting action for the bridge, I am very happy with the result. I cannot tell the difference of having a smaller radius that ideal. In fact, the tone, stability, and sustain is so amazing, even if I could tell the difference on fingerboard I wouldn't care given these overall result. In short, this is the best bridge I've ever had on any of my guitars over 40 years of playing guitar! I highly recommend it.

The saddles are roller shaped. But don't roll with the motion of the string. They only roll when the strings are off and you are adjusting string spacing. Only barely better for tuning stability than an normal tune o matic bridge, definitely not worth paying the premium for unless you really want to have your strings set to a non standard spacing.
Plus one of the "roller" saddles was frozen in place on the one I received. So string spacing couldn't be adjusted. Im sending mine back. I might consider buying a roller bridge that actually rolls. The description should make this clear to customers.