Vibrating Saddle

[LightForce104]

Hey guys! Got a bit of a problem. I have a Squier short scale Jag, and when I play the E string, the saddle starts vibrating like crazy! Is there anything I can do to fix this, or should I give up?

[Davo-London]

Odd. Is it vibrating sideways? If so detune the A string and lift and move the A string towards the D string on the bridge, thereby pushing the A string saddle towards the E string. This should bring them together and maybe stop the vibration?

Davo

[lang3735]

Make sure the bridge height adjustment screws both contact the bridge plate evenly. If one is higher, the other can vibrate a lot.

[Immigrant]

Originally Posted by lang3735

Make sure the bridge height adjustment screws both contact the bridge plate evenly. If one is higher, the other can vibrate a lot.

This^

I had a vibrating saddle once but that was on a pony in my rumpus room.



.

[ih8law]

Originally Posted by lang3735

Make sure the bridge height adjustment screws both contact the bridge plate evenly. If one is higher, the other can vibrate a lot.

/close thread. That is the winning response.

[tmdazed]

Originally Posted by Immigrant

This^

I had a vibrating saddle once but that was on a pony in my rumpus room.



.

was going to say , there are many female riders that would pay big money for that

[LightForce104]

I adjusted the screws, still vibrating. Seems to be vibrating sideways and buzzing against the A saddle.

[powerslave12r]

Originally Posted by lang3735

Make sure the bridge height adjustment screws both contact the bridge plate evenly. If one is higher, the other can vibrate a lot.

Thank you thank you thank you! Just got my SR305 today and it has all sorts of fret buzz.

This fixed one of my issues. The open B string when down picked would vibrate the saddle a lot. A little adjustment to the (lower) saddle and boom.

Played around with the action a bit, slightly on the higher side for now. Will loosen the truss rod a quarter when it's not the first day of owning a bass.