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I'm sure that there is a German manufacturer offering something very similar to the pre-compensated Mojoaxe design like the one illustrated in the OP. I cannot recall how the prices compare.
If the look and the sound of a one-piece bridge with no moving parts are important to you, the purchase will be worthwhile.
Apart from the necessary alteration to the "lightning bolt" intonation ridge to accommodate modern string sets, my Mojoaxe replacement bridge is a dead ringer for the original.
Purchase with confidence. Enjoy.
http://www.amberguitar.com/home/97-faber-tone-bar-compensated-wrap-tailpiece.html
Might tide you over.
I have indeed looked at that option, but I remember that @photek once mentioned that he had one like that, and that the brass bars added extra height to the tailpiece, which impacted on how low you could get the string action, even with the studs screwed in as low as they could go?
Do you perhaps know how much that height difference might be, between this and a stock Gibson tailpiece?
Found that thread: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/111283/wrap-around-bridges (4th comment down).
I know Bridgehouse liked the one I sent to him for testing out. Didn't seem to have any height issues.
Incidentally, I have some Faber locking wraparound studs on clearance too, not sure they're even listed on the Faber site yet.
http://www.amberguitar.com/studs-and-bushes/276-faber-59-locking-wraparound-tailpiece-studs.html
I saw those locking studs, yes. The tailpiece on the stock Gibson studs does have a bit of upwards lean to it.