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Rockinbetter Bridge

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It's identical to this one
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Okay, here's my guess: Appears to be a fixed radius design much like a conventional Ric. Each saddle has an angled lock-down grub screw which needs to be loosened to adjust intonation. At each corner and dead-center of the saddle sub-assembly, I see 3 addt'l lock-down grub screws which need to be loosened to adjust string height. String height is adjusted via the larger knurled knobs. Once dialed-in, re-tighten the 3 grub screws to lock in place. The sub-assembly appears to be a separate block sitting on the forward aspect of the base plate.

Let me know if I'm even close. Afterthought: can't be any worse than the stock Ric bridge.

Riis
 
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Matt Liebenau said:
@Zooberwerx might be on to it. The other option is kind of the same but the opposite. I see a grub screw on each corner of the bridge and one dead center. The big, knurled knobs could be the lockdown screws and the 5 grub screws adjust the height. Either way, I'd guess you need to play with some combination of the knurled and grub screws.
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5 grub screws...even with my glasses on, I still can't count. Your way makes more sense. It reminds me of the Warwick saddle block: elevation & angle are manipulated via the 4 corner grub screws. The middle grub screw on each side...in this case, the knurled knobs...is the lock-down. On the Warwick and once "roughed-in", the individual saddle profiles are fine-tuned via those blasted inserts to complement the fingerboard profile. Now that's the question: is the roller saddle profile flat or arc'd? If flat, is there any adjustment for individual saddle height?

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From what ive read about these, there is no height adjustment, you have to shim them up and lock in. Also read that the big gnurled knobs are purely decorative. You'll find out! Meh. You can get an Allparts V1 bridge clone for $60-75 with all the requisite PITA intonation and string height hassles this one has too. Not the worst bridge ever designed, but sure as hell not the best either.
This guy is a hack, but you see some of the bridge function as he attempts (badly) to modify it for string spacing. His later videos show that he swapped it out for a Hipshot.
 
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This is the same bridge that comes on a Harley Benton RB414. The height is adjusted by the four corner allen screws. The centre one just seems to be to support the middle, it does nothing on its own. The big knurled knobs are for locking but I'm not sure they really do anything.

The two main problems with this bridge are that those saddle pieces fall out easily and if lost would be hard to replace. On the RB414 I have to use extra long strings because the distance from the anchor point of the ball-end to the saddle is so great that regular long scale strings don't clear the nut with their silks. Extra longs are just short enough to avoid the thickest part of the string wrapping around the post on the E and G tuners.

Intonation is fiddly but once set up it works just fine. Just watch those saddle pieces when removing strings.
 
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