Hey All--

I have a Fender USA '62 VS Jazz Reissue. I need an E string bridge saddle that has been filed down about 1/2 in diameter so I can get my E string action down. With the screws down all the way, it's still too high for my taste.

I've seen these before.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Andy

Grab a file and get to work! Or better yet, if that isn't a through neck why don't you just re-set the angle a bit and use the bridge as is?

Greg N

Grab a file and get to work! Or better yet, if that isn't a through neck why don't you just re-set the angle a bit and use the bridge as is?

Greg N

+1

Just shim the neck a little. This is a common enough thing with Fender guitars. Sometimes they even came with shims from the factory.

Then, there were the ones with factory "micro-tilt adjustment"... basically a screw that pressed against a metal plate, acting kinda like a shim.

ebay has about everything.

otherwise file yourself. i've done it to a BadAss II bridge.wasn't too hard

ok, what type of file?

ok, what type of file?

well i used a filing set that my pops has from when he was in the jewlery business. also i had some weird magnifying glass glasses that he had too.

I'd try home Depot or a similar store and pick up a filing kit. don't use a big honkin one tho it's better to go REAL sllllloooooowwwww.:)

I still think you will have a better overall result from shimming... also, it will likely look neater, and be *much* faster. Also, reversable, and won't devalue the instrument...

I still think you will have a better overall result from shimming... also, it will likely look neater, and be *much* faster. Also, reversable, and won't devalue the instrument...

What he said.

Greg N

I still think you will have a better overall result from shimming... also, it will likely look neater, and be *much* faster. Also, reversable, and won't devalue the instrument...

+1 I've had to do this with my Jazz bass, and it was much easier than the process you're describing. I just used a couple of scrap veneers.