JP50 bridge raising action?

[Hendog]

Am I "breaking in" the bridge on my JP50? My action seems to be raising. What is the fix? Should I screw the bridge down twords the body?

 

[Lou]

There are many factors that could influence your action. It's probably a truss rod adjustment. If you are not comfortable doing adjustments bring it to someone who can help you.

 

[redeleon]

never encountered this with my JP50.. how was the action raising up?

 

[patpark]

adjust the truss rod. press down the a string at the first and last frets. check the gap betwen the bottom of the string and the top of the 7th fret. the gap should be about the size of a .010 or .012 gauge string.

 

[Hendog]

So I should adjust the truss rod before the bridge???

 

[patpark]

So I should adjust the truss rod before the bridge???

yes, it's more likely that the truss rod/neck is still moving as its a new guitar. it'll take some time until the neck and wood are completley stabilized.

highly unlikely the bridge is moving. sounds like a truss rod adjustment is needed.

if any other issues persist, please send me an email at

patpark AT praxismusical DOT com

Thanks

 

[Tung]

Just as Pat suggested. Do the truss rod, make sure the neck is completlely staright. Then you can adjust each individual string height to your liking.
I actually got my tech to do a fret dress, so the neck and fret are even all the way through, got real nice low action as the result.

 

[Hendog]

yes, it's more likely that the truss rod/neck is still moving as its a new guitar. it'll take some time until the neck and wood are completley stabilized.

highly unlikely the bridge is moving. sounds like a truss rod adjustment is needed.

if any other issues persist, please send me an email at

patpark AT praxismusical DOT com

Thanks

The reason I think it is the bridge is that in 1 day of repeated dive bomb action, my action raised.

What say you?

 

[bkrumme]

Hendog, it's most likely the truss rod. If you really think it's the bridge, look at it from the side. It should be sitting level with the body of the guitar. If it's level, then it's not the bridge. If it's NOT level, then you could tighten the screws in the back to bring the bridge down. Do that slowly, though. You don't want to go too far. And make sure it's even across both the trem claw screws.

 

[patpark]

The reason I think it is the bridge is that in 1 day of repeated dive bomb action, my action raised.

What say you?

is the bridge level with the body? the baseplate should be level with the body when tuned to pitch. you may need to adjust the springs to compensate for the string tension.

 

[patpark]

Hendog, it's most likely the truss rod. If you really think it's the bridge, look at it from the side. It should be sitting level with the body of the guitar. If it's level, then it's not the bridge. If it's NOT level, then you could tighten the screws in the back to bring the bridge down. Do that slowly, though. You don't want to go too far. And make sure it's even across both the trem claw screws.

what he said.

 

[bkrumme]

I just thought of something. Did you put different strings on the guitar?

If you put fatter strings on, that would explain it as well.