Members Urinate Forever Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 what's the best thing to use? i really don't feel capable of making a piece of wood to fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 what's the best thing to use? i really don't feel capable of making a piece of wood to fit. Get a bunch of tongue depressors and start wedging them in there until you figure out how many will fit tightly. Then tap them down in there gently with a hammer and something like a dowel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted October 5, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 im going to guess 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted October 5, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 Also, I'm on gfs and I can't find the saddles I need for my bullet strat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 why bother blocking it with anything? just tighten the screws and springs down, it won't move anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted October 5, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 i dunno, i suppose it would be fine that way but i only have 2-3 springs for this guitar... im more concerned about finding new bridge screws though. I measured from E to E and it looked to be about 2-1/4" not 2 3/16" user error? Possibly. The GFS String Saver saddles call for 3/16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 i dunno, i suppose it would be fine that way but i only have 2-3 springs for this guitar... im more concerned about finding new bridge screws though. I measured from E to E and it looked to be about 2-1/4" not 2 3/16" user error? Possibly. The GFS String Saver saddles call for 3/16. I only have 3 springs on my guitar, if you tighten the screws that hold the spring claw into the body it should be more than enough to hold it down, then you can screw the pivot screws down so they are flush with the top of the bridge plate and it will be solid as a rock. what's up with the saddles?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members woolyh Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 why bother blocking it with anything? just tighten the screws and springs down, it won't move anywhere. This is what I did on my Jagmaster and it seems to have done the trick, never got the whole stick a block of wood in there thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 This is what I did on my Jagmaster and it seems to have done the trick, never got the whole stick a block of wood in there thing no, I don't see the point at all myself. I got around to putting the jaguar control plate in mine a while back, it looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 I added springs and tightened everything down. It's worked fine for about 10 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChuckNorris1982 Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 I only have 3 springs on my guitar, if you tighten the screws that hold the spring claw into the body it should be more than enough to hold it down, then you can screw the pivot screws down so they are flush with the top of the bridge plate and it will be solid as a rock. I did this on my Strat a good while ago and it works. However, I'm still thinking of blocking the trem to see if I can increase sustain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members RadioSilence Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 I had a burns marquee that had a strat trem, even with 5 springs and the screws fully tightened the trem still floated a bit. I sawed the end off a broken drumstick that was lying around and jammed it in, no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k tone Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 As mentioned the block of wood is to increase sustain as the bridge has contact with the body wood. I used maple but any soft wood should work as well. These saddles will work on an Affinity (they fit on mine). http://www.guitarfetish.com/Upgrade-Stainless-Steel-Saddles-Fits-Trems-Set-of-Six_p_773.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reauchambeau Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 I doubt you'll hear a noticeable difference in sustain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k tone Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 I doubt you'll hear a noticeable difference in sustain This is probably true but even with 5 springs tightened up I as well noticed some movement of the bridge on agressive string bends or when a string broke so I have some blocked and some non floating (as well as two hardtails). If you hook up to your tuner and play a low E string and then bend the G without plucking it you can see the low E go flat with an unblocked bridge that has just been tightened down. I could never get my Squier Affinity Strat to stay in tune with trem use so I blocked it and the problem was solved. Some guy stated on one of the forums that he used a chunk of his kids lego to block his trem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 i used a lego block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k tone Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 i used a lego block. Cool I thought it was here that I heard that. Why not? Shove that {censored} in there and play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cosmik de Bris Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 A 9 volt battery works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 A 9 volt battery works well. Until it leaks acid everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Turd Furgison Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 get the trem set where you want and fill the cavity with epoxy, if you have any leftover you could have an impromptu epoxy fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members mhuxtable Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 This is what I did on my Jagmaster and it seems to have done the trick, never got the whole stick a block of wood in there thing Ditto. My Jagmaster has the claw screwed down. Works great as a hard tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grueller Posted October 6, 2011 Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 Until it leaks acid everywhere. That's just moar tone coming outta there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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