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02-06-2008, 08:14 PM
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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,
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02-06-2008, 09:23 PM
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Custom builder | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Novato California | | | 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?
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02-06-2008, 10:04 PM
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Shawn Ball - Owner, SDB Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelson Guitars  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.
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02-06-2008, 10:08 PM
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otherwise file yourself. i've done it to a BadAss II bridge.wasn't too hard |
02-06-2008, 10:10 PM
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02-06-2008, 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyMan 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.  |
02-06-2008, 10:33 PM
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Shawn Ball - Owner, SDB Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID | | | 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...
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02-06-2008, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SDB Guitars 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.
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02-07-2008, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by SDB Guitars 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. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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