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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / NEVERTILT 3 point upgrade
« on: June 08, 2012, 08:57:20 AM »
Here's the 3 point on my '77 TBird, adjusted to the maximum. Action is still too high and the E string silk/ endwind extends over the saddle, which I don't like. Filing the saddles would lower the action but it would also reduce string break angle.
I use this bridge a lot, fairly easy to adjust as opposed to the 3 point.
First I did a mockup using an obsolete JAEbird tailpiece. The spacing on the stud collars is a very tight fit on the bdidge
Here's the mockup and the marked new bridge
I roughed out the holes for the studs with hacksaw notches and then finished off with a file
Installed, very solid. But what do I know, I actually think the original EB-1 bridge was a good start.
Full intonation and height adjustment with no modification to the bass. E string wrap clears the saddle. The bass plays better and sounds better to me...I'm sure it has more sustain and highs and lows and mids while being perfectly flat. Did I miss anything?
I use this bridge a lot, fairly easy to adjust as opposed to the 3 point.
First I did a mockup using an obsolete JAEbird tailpiece. The spacing on the stud collars is a very tight fit on the bdidge
Here's the mockup and the marked new bridge
I roughed out the holes for the studs with hacksaw notches and then finished off with a file
Installed, very solid. But what do I know, I actually think the original EB-1 bridge was a good start.
Full intonation and height adjustment with no modification to the bass. E string wrap clears the saddle. The bass plays better and sounds better to me...I'm sure it has more sustain and highs and lows and mids while being perfectly flat. Did I miss anything?