'72 bridge issues...
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:08 pm
Hey guys! It's been a while...
Some of you that have been around here for a while might remember the JG '72 I got off evilbay years back for $650-ish. It was full of holes and routed for a Jazz pickup (ick!) and needed a refret. I've got it all done! Well, cosmetically, anyway. Playability is another issue... The bridge saddle slots have been filed so deeply that the bass will not intonate - I've got the E string saddle all the way back and it's still sharp at the 12th fret. Not only that, but the whole bridge leans back because most of the saddles are over-center. I know I need new saddles, but I won't even bother posting in the marketplace because, well - I assume it'd be a fruitless effort. The other thing is that, say I had a set of brand new '72-era saddles, I'm not even sure that I could get the action low enough even with the bridge all the way down. Anybody ever had these issues with an old one?
Some of you that have been around here for a while might remember the JG '72 I got off evilbay years back for $650-ish. It was full of holes and routed for a Jazz pickup (ick!) and needed a refret. I've got it all done! Well, cosmetically, anyway. Playability is another issue... The bridge saddle slots have been filed so deeply that the bass will not intonate - I've got the E string saddle all the way back and it's still sharp at the 12th fret. Not only that, but the whole bridge leans back because most of the saddles are over-center. I know I need new saddles, but I won't even bother posting in the marketplace because, well - I assume it'd be a fruitless effort. The other thing is that, say I had a set of brand new '72-era saddles, I'm not even sure that I could get the action low enough even with the bridge all the way down. Anybody ever had these issues with an old one?