Does your Petrucci bridge look like this?

[ruso]

Ok, so I had the day off today and since I was still playing on the same set of strings that were shipped on the guitar, I figured it would be a good time to throw on those Slinky 10's that have been staring at me on my desk.

Well, I strung it up, adjusted the trem claw, set the intonation (which by the way was way, way out from the factory) and truss rod until I got the action at the recommended 1/16th inch. Now I never really paid any attention to it... and I'm not sure if it's even supposed to look like this, but is there something wrong with the saddle on the high E string?

(please excuse the grime and dust, I haven't had a chance to clean it yet)

It's almost as if the two set screws that hold up the saddle were set purposely so that the string height tapered down towards the edge of the fretboard (see dashed yellow line). I know they are supposed to follow the radius of the neck, but is the saddle for the high E string supposed to tilt like that? Wouldn't it be just as effective if both set screws were set equally to the same height?

 

[casper777]

Nope.. it's not right indeed... something strange happenned...

You have to strenghten the very last screw until the saddle is flat... not a big deal...

 

[Spudmurphy]

Maybe telling you how to suck eggs but here goes ... ...

To set up a guitar it is best to not only get the 12 th fret intonation correct via adjustments tothe bridge saddles but also to mimic the radius of the fret board.

Your picture is an extreme example!!

As already poste its no biggie to put that right just screw in the saddle screw on the extreme left 9slacken the string right off first - good picture showing the problem invariably posts don't initially contain such a good photo - show us the end result?

 

[ruso]

Maybe telling you how to suck eggs but here goes ... ...

To set up a guitar it is best to not only get the 12 th fret intonation correct via adjustments tothe bridge saddles but also to mimic the radius of the fret board.

Your picture is an extreme example!!

As already poste its no biggie to put that right just screw in the saddle screw on the extreme left 9slacken the string right off first - good picture showing the problem invariably posts don't initially contain such a good photo - show us the end result?

Well, I can already tell that each saddle is at a different height so that each string follows the radius of the fretboard. In addition, I'm seeing exactly 1/16" of space between each string and the 12th fret. So that's telling me that the saddles are all at the correct height. However, like I stated above and which you can see, the adjustment screws of the saddle on the high E string are set at different heights.

The only reason I could see that this would have been done at the factory would have been to space the high E string out closer to the edge of the fretboard, being that there isn't an adjustment for string spacing. Maybe the tech did this at the factory? I wish I could remember if it was like that originally, because unless a ghost adjusted the screw while I was changing the strings, there isn't a chance in hell that it adjusted itself or unscrewed during the 60 seconds it took to replace the string.

 

[Spudmurphy]

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I got to agree with you that it doesn't look right and I'm sure a forum member will post a close up of their bridge so that you can compare.

I have played to EB's straight from the factory and the set up out of the box was amazing.

Even the man himself Albert Lee commented on my AL BCB set up asking if that was how it came from the factory.

Seems like you got it new? so a call to your dealer should sort it - if he can't help then contact EB customer service who will resolve it. - refer them to your thread and I'm sure that you will get a good response.

The problem is that there will be nobody at the factory to respond until Monday. - yes EB have weekends off too! ha!

let us know how it "pans out" ?

 

[ruso]

Yeah, I guess I should have stated in my original post... this isn't intended to be a quality control bitch session like people have recently posted. I'd just like to see pictures of other JP owners' bridges to compare. I'd rather not adjust it until I know for sure it's not supposed to be like this.

 

[candid_x]

I'm with Casper on it. Should be a simple tweak.

However, I've had a couple of saddle adjustments screws that were a tad too short, and one would buckle under, causing the saddle to drop down. CS sent me a set of various length screws, and I replaced the short ones. Problem solved. So you might take a peek to make sure the screws are long enough on that one saddle.

 

[ruso]

At first I thought that maybe the adjustment screw fell down into the slot for the string but that isn't the case. The adjustment screw the on the far end is actually unscrewed farther out than the inside one. I guess I'll just adjust it. So should I just adjust them both so that the string is still no closer to the 12th fret than the specified 1/16"?

 

[ruso]

Update: Well, I went ahead and adjusted it and also went ahead and levels out each pair of adjustment screw for each saddle since a few were also a little tilted. Now every string is exactly (well, as accurate as my gauge is) 1/16" from the bottom of the string to the top of the 12th fret. She should be good to go now.

 

[dannymusic]

My factory setup was/is beyond superb on every EBMM I've bought (4 now). I've also never touched besides a truss adjustment.

THIS, my friends, is my total arguement for buying your balls NEW.

 

[ivanmihaljevic]

Your guitar is broken and you need to send it to me to dispose it

You just need to tighten the bottom screw on the high e string saddle a little bit and that's it. It's not a big deal and there's nothing to worry about.

 

[ruso]

My factory setup was/is beyond superb on every EBMM I've bought (4 now). I've also never touched besides a truss adjustment.

THIS, my friends, is my total arguement for buying your balls NEW.

I bought mine brand new from Bass Central in Florida.

Your guitar is broken and you need to send it to me to dispose it

What's your address? I'll ship it out tomorrow afternoon.

You just need to tighten the bottom screw on the high e string saddle a little bit and that's it. It's not a big deal and there's nothing to worry about.

Check out my post above... I adjusted it and it's all good now.

 

[ivanmihaljevic]

What's your address? I'll ship it out tomorrow afternoon.



Check out my post above... I adjusted it and it's all good now.

Ok, I'll PM you my adress
Oh, I didn't see the post before (for the second time today )
I'm glad to hear you sorted it out