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just got this delivered the other day.
Its a G&L Special Collection Legacy with swamp ash body, finished in what they call 'honey ale'. Am loving the guitar, very loud acoustically and a lovely satin finish all over.
The thing is I've very little interest in the trem, so I'd like to screw it down, but I've never done it.
Would it just be a case of loosening off some of the string tension, then screwing down those two allen key screws (see below) till theyre tight? Anything to watch out for?
Cheers - and here she is....
the bridge...
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If it's the same as a Strat, just loosen off the strings, take the back plate/trem cavity cover off and then screw the two screws that hold the 'jaw' that holds the trem springs to the body until the trem base plate sits flush with the body.
You may need to string to pitch to make sure it still sits flush under tension, if not, then repeat :-)
Hope that makes sense!
(formerly miserneil)
Or add a couple of springs.........
Slacken the strings, put in 5 springs, tension strings to pitch and more upward movement can be taken out by adjusting the spring claw.
You'll probably need to check/adjust the intonation when it's done.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
I'd recommend mike-l's idea, of adding a couple of springs. It's very strong and stable, and you don't run any risk of getting something wrong by over-tightening anything.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Probly, I had no use for the trem so the random wedge worked for me.
thanks chaps for the advice and for the kind comments.
I'd had this done on a couple of strats but always by a tech during setup, and I'd never enquired as to how it was done. I can see now it calls for some more thought, before I attempt anything.
Fancied a natural finish strat for a while... lovely pale satin neck on it too... I put a bit of lemon oil on the fingerboard the other night, and I'm slowly tweaking the truss rod every day to get the action where I want it.
Hopefully will get to plug in for a few hours this weekend and really put it through its paces.