Bridge screws going walkabout!!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:21 am

Rob, you most certainly were not tactless. You simply took a complainer's review at face value.

Hope you're loving your guitar as much as I do mine, and good luck with it!

admin · Post by **admin** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:25 am

Red Rob: We're pulling for you. We're all in this together.

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:38 am

You guys are the best

RICKENBROTHERS!

fiveightandten · Post by **fiveightandten** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:06 pm

I'd just like to add that I had a problem with my bridge screws slipping a bit on my 360. As suggested by a few folks on this forum, I bought some locktite.

I used the blue locktite, and I haven't had a problem with it moving ever since. The action has been absoutely perfect. It hasn't shifted, and the guitar plays wonderfully.

But...

I haven't tried to break the seal and adjust the action yet. I haven't needed to. We'll see what happens when I have to cross that bridge.

-Nick

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:00 pm

I have, with red Loctite, just last evening. No problems. Broke free with slight effort.

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:11 am

Springs? Where are these springs supposed to be?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:33 am

Um, between the heads of the screws and the bridge? Their purpose is to put tension on the assembly so the screws don't fall out. They don't work very well, but a Rick looks naked without them!

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:21 pm

Do you mean this little rubber black thing?

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:30 pm

That's where the springs would go.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:51 am

No wonder they're falling out. My boss tells me that unless you're under tension you don't perform!!

Looks like the springs have been replaced with grommets in order to provide a pseudo lock nut. Different!!

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:55 pm

Here's the page that shows them, part #06114: http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdf/gbridge.pdf
I've seen grommets used here before. The grommet get pinched between the side of the bridge and the threads preventing the screw from turning.