Bridge and Tailpiece upgrade

[EooN_PL]

Recently I have finally bought myself a REAL leas paul - a 2008 STD. Perfect guitar, sounds amazing with lots of definition and bite.

It puts to shame my other LP though and that bums the hell out of me. The guitar I'm talking about is a '89 ObG LPC. Recently its 27-year-old bridge started rattling, so I thought that it may be time to change it to something new. Gotoh replacement parts are easily available to me.

The question I am asking is this - do you think that by getting that axe a new bridge I can get it so sound more clear and defined - closer to my Gibby?
If so, would you suggest to swap just the bridge or go ahead and get both bridge and tailpiece replaced?
Just to clear things up, the guitar has already been upgraded with Doug Aldrich pickups and CTS volume pots, so I think I'm good here.

I realize that you guys love pics, so here - here are two of my Gibby (which caused all that thinking):

 

[kevinpaul]

I put roller bridges on my Les Pauls, I like the drop in friction on my strings. I have also put them on a few of my other guitars. They are not much money at all.

 

[Lightningflash]

Sorry for being dumb but what is a:
'89 ObG LPC

 

[Cjsinla]

Only one way to find out, replace the bridge if it's falling apart. My bet is that the sound will not change significantly as tone is probably more dependent on the pups, pots, and woods. If you go from brass to steel saddles it might get brighter.

 

[EooN_PL]

I'd rather stick with your regular bridge and TP, those models to be precise:

GE103B

GE101A
or
GE101Z


As for tailpiece - should I go zinc of aluminium (if any)?

 

[EooN_PL]

Sorry for being dumb but what is a:
'89 ObG LPC

No worries It's this guitar:

= Japanese Gibby custom. No ebony on the board, but still really cool

 

[TradPro2]

I put roller bridges on my Les Pauls, I like the drop in friction on my strings. I have also put them on a few of my other guitars. They are not much money at all.



I second the roller bridge, get a Wilkinson for under $30

no sticking of strings at the bridge, bends and tuning smoooooth

Wilkinson Brass Roller Bridge- Locking Studs Chrome

 

[Tim Plains]

I've changed the bridge and bridge/TP on a few guitars. Always Faber parts. From what I could tell (and remember), guitars where I changed both sounded slightly different. Guitars where only the bridge was changed did not.

 

[endial]

Sorry for being dumb but what is a:
'89 ObG LPC

Orville by Gibson.

Whenever I first saw that abbreviation, I couldn't get past the gynological inference.

 

[EooN_PL]

Well, bought a Gotoh bridge and some aluminium TP. I'll let you know if there's any difference.