Music Man Cutlass - changing to 10-46 strings

[floyd99]

Hi folks,
Just picked up a new MM cutlass! It's awesome. I think my fender strat may end up becoming a piece of wall artwork in my living room.

I have re-strung it and swapped from the hybrid 9-46 that came on it to 10-46.

Quick question - should I need to do any setup adjustments (truss, saddles etc) by this change? I would have assumed it should be pretty right left as is, given the gauge change is only in the thinner strings. The heavy strings remain the same.

I have adjusted the spring claw screws to get a bit of floating on the tremolo but that's all.

Cheers
Dave

 

[DrKev]

In principle the neck relief and perhaps the intonation on the wound strings could move a little but if the guitar plays and feels good, then you have no reason to do anything if you don't want to.

 

[floyd99]

Thanks very much

 

[tbonesullivan]

You may need to tighten the springs in the back of the guitar a little. Did the tremolo come set up to float?

 

[floyd99]

You may need to tighten the springs in the back of the guitar a little. Did the tremolo come set up to float?

No, I had to adjust the springs to make it float. It came flat.




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[tbonesullivan]

Ahh, ok, well you may need to adjust them again, because it is probably floating a little higher now.