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Watch you don’t let any of the saddled fall out but again if you do then they just slot back in.
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Also when the bridge falls off, the tailpiece insert screws seem to turn all by themselves so the height is automatically adjusted to a different position.
Then when you restring it it won’t stay in tune anyway.
And the headstock will fall of by Morning.
My advise is to stick to a Fender.
Take a photo with your camera before you take the strings off
also helpful when the saddle comes out of your acoustic and don’t know which way round it goes back
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Hmmmm... you may have a few good points there .
If you can't work out which way round a Gibson tailpiece goes...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
1) The four posts that are threaded into the body, are these post's threads pretty rigid? I mean you can't accidentally turn the screw and alter the height of stopbar or bridge/saddles?
2) The Saddle Pieces: If they do fall out or even if they don't, I assume once strung up, the Guitar intonation will be correct, ie: they go back to same place under tension?
3) Why are the screws for altering intonation on the stopbar side on an SG and on the Pick Up side on a Les Paul? I only just noticed this.
I'm Ok with what you've all written up there, I should be fine with it. You know how it is though with something new to you.
Yes. The saddles won't fall out because firstly there is a retaining wire - or the saddles are fully locked into place, on some - and secondly even if there wasn't you're not going to turn the guitar over .
It depends on the model of bridge - the traditional ABR-1 (with the retaining wire) should have the screws facing the pickup so they don't foul the strings behind the bridge. The modern Nashville bridge has recessed screws and is usually fitted with the screws facing the tailpiece.
If in any doubt, look at the saddles - the grooves should tell you which way round is correct. Genuine Gibsons also have all the saddles facing in the same direction - vertical face towards the pickup - or the low E and A reversed. Far-east bridges often have the D reversed as well, which causes problems.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I checked the Gibson SG Standard 2018 page and the screws are on the stopbar side, this is just ridiculous, why do that?
I also checked the 2017 Les Paul Classic page and the screws are on the pick up side, so it's all as it should be on both guitars.
I'm doing this right now -
Slack all strings. Unhook the strings from the nut, 3 to each side, and the inner ones off the saddles, gives a bit more wiggle room.
Cut a piece of A4 paper in half lengthways. Fold each piece in half lengthways.
Hook a piece of paper round one group of 3 strings, so the fold is to the middle of the board and the 3 strings are inside the paper, and do the same with the other bit for the other 3 strings. Pull each paper piece around the back of the neck, so it's pulling it's 3 strings down and away off the board. Tack the bits of paper together with 2-3 bits of sticky tape.
Now the strings are clear of the board and held there, leaving it free for cleaning & glopping - and the hardware stays put.
Takes but a jiff to do. Bonus is the strings I've got on are new and will be fine to carry on using, and the paper keeps oily fingers off 'em too.
@Bellycaster here's a couple of quick pix, tis dead easy, took longer to write the worms than do the Blue Peter-y thing : )
http://alleykat.co.uk/images/stuff/misc/necktape1.jpg
http://alleykat.co.uk/images/stuff/misc/necktape2.jpg
Did you say you leave both E strings in the notches on the saddles?
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