Procedure for installing saddle lock screws?

[skaelin]

I recently discovered that both my JB-2 and SB-2 were missing their saddle lock screws. I ordered some from G&L and now I need to install them.

How many screws go in one hole? Two?

What about the white spacers? Where do they go?

How tight should the screws be?

So do these screws lock down the saddle so it doesn't vary over time causing the strings to lose their intonation?

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

[spideyjg]

See if there was already a white spacer in there or not. If so, just install a screw, no spacer= spacer then screw.

Jim

[skaelin]

Originally Posted by spideyjg

See if there was already a white spacer in there or not. If so, just install a screw, no spacer= spacer then screw.

Jim

Thanks Jim,

There's nothing in the holes right now.

So going from outer to inner, is it:

Screw-spacer-screw?

Screw - screw?

Or screw - spacer?

[Chef]

White spacer, then screw

Not two screws.

These lock the saddles together from side to side, creating more mass, therefore better sustain...

[skaelin]

Originally Posted by Chef

White spacer, then screw

This is going from inside-out, right? Sorry, I need things really spelled out for me.

[Chef]

Yessir, the white plastic goes first, closest to the saddles.
The set screw goes on the outside, so's you can reach it with yer allen wrench

Technical content: I don't tighten mine but just a tad past when I feel it all scrunch down. I don't know how many inch/lbs that is if you were to put a torque wrench on it, but not many.

[skaelin]

Originally Posted by Chef

Yessir, the white plastic goes first, closest to the saddles.
The set screw goes on the outside, so's you can reach it with yer allen wrench

Technical content: I don't tighten mine but just a tad past when I feel it all scrunch down. I don't know how many inch/lbs that is if you were to put a torque wrench on it, but not many.

That's exactly what I needed. Much appreciated!

[Chef]

certainly