Hipshot A style saddle minimum height?

Reticle · #1 01-09-2011, 02:55 PM

Does anyone happen to know what it is off the top of their head? It is the version with the GraphTech saddles, if that makes a difference.

**DougD** · #2 01-09-2011, 03:00 PM

You should email Hipshot. They are pretty responsive to customer questions.

Reticle · #3 01-09-2011, 03:15 PM

I'm sure they are but that won't help me with a cut I wanted to make on a Sunday evening. I mostly find it hard to believe that they post mechanical drawings of their bridges without a side view.

darkstorm · #4 01-09-2011, 07:53 PM

About 1/2 inch from top of body to top of bridge saddles for minimum. Subtract about 1/16 inch for the curved indent string rests on. Bottom of my low E string is just little shy of 1/2 inch above the top of my eagle basses body. Saddles raised not quite 1/8 inch. On G string saddle is raised about 1/16 inch and string is about 1/2 inch from top of basses body to center of string. So about 7/16 for absolute minimum from basses body to string guide with bridge all the way down. Bridge plate itself is just over 1/16 inch thick in front under the bridge saddles.