Special tool for adjusting the intonation?

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Here is what I wrote in the earlier thread:

"If you disassemble the bridge, you can turn the casting around so that the countersunk holes face toward the nut. Leaving the saddles with their respective string, you can install either button head or just a socket head cap (allen) screws. I have done this in the past and it works great. Plus you have the advantage of a larger wrench size. You can then use a wrench with a ball on the end to access the screw from an angle."

"The bridge on my V63 sat high enough to have the necessary clearance to use plain socket head cap screws. If you need to go lower you would need to go the flathead route. I also did file the holes deeper so that the screw did not bow so much..."

If you go here this shows the ball type Allen wrench. You can use this wrench with any of the screws flat, button, or socket head cap. If you look around you can probably buy one wrench the size you need as opposed to the whole set.

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=15478&group_ID=2140&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog
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Not tonight, dear - I've got a hardware ache!!
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Howard--you're gonna hurt tomorrow morning...
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It's already tomorrow morning - 4.15am!!

Oh well, I'm due to be sick!

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Howard, I hope the twins are in bed (in their cases!)
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Absolutely!! I keep them in their cases in a room which is affected by heat less than the rest of the house. If I'm playing and look like having anything more than a 5 minute break then it's back to the cot!
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Howard, my comment was a facetious reference to your possibly imminent hurling.
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Hurl? Moi??

Haven't laid out a pavement pizza for years!!
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