[Elysian]

quite easy. One note. Make sure you can see the entire top of the stud, no finish on top. If htere is, score it with a razor blade so the stud comes out clean.

Put a towel on the top so you dont marr the finish.
Put a block of some sort (wood, a tin of mints, something) on top of the towel to use as a cantilever. Grab the stud thats inserted into the insert with pliers, and pry the stud out rocking the pliers on the block. work around it in a circular fashion

boom

Dead wrong. Never use pliers. Use a clawhammer, put it in the groove on the stud, and use the towel/wood thing Max mentioned(the correct part of his post :lol: ) The hammer will allow it to be pulled out quite easily, it'll be very straight forward.

Putting them in shouldn't be too tough either. I use a drill press, but if you don't have access to that, use a hammer and a block of wood, and just tap them in, don't do crazy hits, just taps.

 

[Elysian]

Ok, actually, that wasn't so hard at all.

Problem #2 - the original studs are actually a fair bit larger than the new ones. what are my options here? the at-home fix that springs to mind is to line the edges of the hole with toothpicks, glue them in, and then trip them flush and push in the new studs, but I think this could possibly cause problems with ovaling if the wood from the tooth picks is softer than the mahogany body.

Is it not even worth doing the swap unless I can plug the hole with a hardwood dowel and then have it redrilled?

Doweling would be the only way to do it. I'm curious if there isn't a different version with larger studs? Will the TonePros bridge itself not work on the stock studs? I thought the bridge locked on the actual bar, not the studs themselves....

 

[Elysian]

I dunno what the fuck clawhammer you have that fits studs that big :lol:

Both of my clawhammers will fit those studs Drew has(trust me, I'm the one who shipped him the bridge :lol: )

 

[Elysian]

:bump:

After contacting Tone Pros, one of their distributors got back to me and offered to swap me the correct threaded studs for the ones I have. Both sets are currently in the mail as I type this. :yesway:

Thanks are in order both to Brian at Marquis Distribution, and Tom (Riffer here) from PRS for pretty kickass customer service. :metal:

Nice.