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I fitted this to an epiphone prophecy extura, was not sure if it would even work not being a gibson or a les paul style. Wasn't really sure how it worked as there's not a lot of info on them.This will fit on ANY guitar with a stop tail piece. Only the rear stop tail posts are what the bridge mounts to. They supply both metric and standard posts. The front posts get removed completely and left empty. The front rests directly on the guitar body and has adjustable posts to level the bridge and set the action. Small sticker pads are supplied for the posts to rest on to avoid contact with the hardware and body.Setting the action low was not an issue on mine since it's flat and not a carved top like a les paul. I still have 3/8" of room under the bridge with relatively low action. With a carved top the bar connected to the spring is the lowest part of the bridge and might contact the body with low action.The rear mounting holes are slotted to slide the bridge forward and backwards during set up to dial in the intonation perfectly.Set up was easy but took about and hour or so. The instructions were a little vague but gives you enough to understand the concept. If you've ever set up a regular floyd rose it's very similar but a lot simpler to dial in.The spring tension to balance the bridge is just 1 screw at the rear. There's a thumb screw that acts as a block to make it a dive only and to make string chances a breeze. There's a round head plastic screw that rides along the side of the bridge while operating the trem that engages into a notch so the bridge kinda locks in at zero to help with tuning stability. There's a small "click" when it disengages and engages as you use the trem. You can remove it and have a true full floating bridge.The tremolo bar swivel tension is set like the new style floyd rose with a plastic bushing and a set screw.I set up the bridge first and made sure everything worked how I wanted and was sure I liked how it felt and played before mounting the nut. It was surprisingly pretty solid tuning stability without the locking nut as I was reluctant to put small screw holes into the head stock.How it feels to play, it does feel like it moves your picking hand a little farther forward than the original tune o magic bridge. There's not sharp edges everything is rounded nicely. Dives just as far as a regular floyd, it does have a smaller range when pulling back. The bar feels great, feels like a regular floyd rose maybe a little lighter to push and pull. I would imagine tuning and string gauge would have an impact on how tight the bar feels as the spring tension would be increased with thicker strings or standard vs dropped tunings.Pro:Turn ANY tune o matic/ stop tail bridge into a full floating bridge.easier to adjust,easier string changes,easier tuning changes,Everything is accessible from the top of the guitar.Trem blocker for dive only,Return to zero screw option,Looks absolutely insaneCons:Looks absolutely insaneWeight (if that matters to you)Have to drill small holes in the head stock if you want double locking.Cant pull back as far as a regular floyd rose.Price.( for the price you could probably buy a decent used guitar with a floyd rose)
