String offset

[kaleel2g]

What's going on with these strings? They seem to be offset a little bit. How can I fix this? The neck is maxed out and can't move anymore to the left. Can I adjust the bridge?

 

[Zooberwerx]

What's going on with these strings? They seem to be offset a little bit. How can I fix this? The neck is maxed out and can't move anymore to the left. Can I adjust the bridge?

Hate to say it but I see this even on Fender basses...too much leftover real estate on the outboard of both the E & G strings. A set of multi-slotted saddles will help and be cheaper than a new bridge.

Riis

 

[dwizum]

The vintage "threaded rod" style saddles are a good way to get side-to-side adjustability to solve problems like this.

 

[Lownote38]

I would still give that neck a yank towards the bass side... while the neck plate is still pretty tight. I say to do it when the neck plate is still tight, because the neck may have the tendency to slip back the other way as the plate is tightened. I put the bass between my knees, grab the lower horn (treble side) with one hand, and give the neck a good quick pull towards me. If it moves, you hear a click, or pop. I've never hurt a Fender type bass by doing this. I've fixed the string alignment on countless Fender type basses this way, though.

 

[kaleel2g]

I would still give that neck a yank towards the bass side... while the neck plate is still pretty tight. I say to do it when the neck plate is still tight, because the neck may have the tendency to slip back the other way as the plate is tightened. I put the bass between my knees, grab the lower horn (treble side) with one hand, and give the neck a good quick pull towards me. If it moves, you hear a click, or pop. I've never hurt a Fender type bass by doing this. I've fixed the string alignment on countless Fender type basses this way, though.

Yeah I'm gonna try to work it out of the neck and the bridge before buying a whole new bridge. It's probably only off 1/16 of an inch but I have OCD about this type of stuff.

 

[Lownote38]

Yeah I'm gonna try to work it out of the neck and the bridge before buying a whole new bridge. It's probably only off 1/16 of an inch but I have OCD about this type of stuff.

I understand. I'm also super OCD about that type of thing. Almost every Fender I've owned needed the neck adjusted a bit to fix the alignment.

 

[vaesto]

The vintage "threaded rod" style saddles are a good way to get side-to-side adjustability to solve problems like this.

Negative. These threaded saddles will allow only tiny adjustment. In bigger angles the saddle will simply slide sideways. The string will always try to "center" itself against the entry hole in the plate...

 

[dwizum]

Negative. These threaded saddles will allow only tiny adjustment. In bigger angles the saddle will simply slide sideways. The string will always try to "center" itself against the entry hole in the plate...

Luckily, per the photos above and the OP's comments, only a tiny adjustment is needed in this case.