Does this bridge look right?

Started by ack1961, December 28, 2011, 10:00:08 AM

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ack1961

I'm interested in this Peavey Dyna Unity on eBay.
Is it me (or the camera angles), but does the bridge plate look like it's mounted a bit scewed?
I noticed that the g-string roller is adjusted all the way towards the centerline of the bass, while the E-string roller is max adjusted away from the centerline.
That has me a little curious.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/260920463876?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648#ht_2246wt_84

If anyone takes a look and thinks it's just me or the camera angles, please let me know.
As always, thanks.

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Pilgrim

I enlarged the photos and sorted through them - it appears to me that all four of the saddles are adjusted as far to the E string side as possible.  The string alignment on the neck looks OK in the couple of photos which were taken straight-on (one of which is turned 90 degrees due to the seller being too lazy to rotate it...), but it does appear that the bridge adjustment was required to achieve that.

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ack1961

Thanks, Pilgrim (said that with my best John Wayne voice).
Not only does it appear that the bridge might be off center, but it appears to me that e-string side of the plate is closer to the neck than the g-string side.
Hard to tell from the photos...
Thanks for looking.
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Dave W

Sure looks like the whole bridge plate is off.

ack1961

Quote from: Dave W on December 28, 2011, 03:28:10 PM
Sure looks like the whole bridge plate is off.
Looks like it - and those Schallers mount with three big-bore screws.
It would probably require doweling and re-tapping to fix properly.
It would have been a fun project, but I pulled the trigger on a different old Peavey yesterday.
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