Gibralter bridge - which way round?

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Author Message   Growler Username: Growler Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 11:55 am:    On a Gibralter bridge should the string length adjustment screw heads appear north or south as supplied from the factory?   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 12:06 pm:    I think this is a Gibraltar bridge, off my PF 200. It has the screw heads at both ends of the sliding adjuster thingies, but I do notice that the slanting side of the string propper-upper thingy is to the rear. Sorry for all the super-technical language, but I think you can see what I mean with this picture: -Chuck   Growler Username: Growler Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 12:16 pm:    Looks like the actual adjuster screw heads are southbound....   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 3:16 pm:    Chuck's saddles are pointing in the correct direction. Where you put the screw heads depends whether you can reach them or not. If you look at Les Paul and ES-335 guitars in Gibson catalogues and shops (brand new) you see the screws of tune-o-matics installed in both ways. As long as you can work with them it's no problem. Ginger   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 3:31 pm:    So the word is "saddle" not "string propper-upper thingy"? Who knew? ;-)   Mr_roadstar Username: Mr_roadstar Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 6:17 pm:    On a couple of occasions I had to reverse the E and A saddles to get correct intonation. I ran out of adjustment! The Bear   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 12:02 am:    Yeah, not ideal, but sometimes you just need those extra millimetres. In fact that means that the anchor base holes were drilled a little too close to the neck. This is better than drilling new ones. Ginger   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 12:18 am:    Bear...I'm hopin' that was 6 with 5 and not 6 with one! ;   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 12:19 am:    er rather...5 with 1...   Bluesmeister Username: Bluesmeister Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 1:01 am:    I used to own an Epihone BB King Lucille, the intonation adjusting screws of which faced the tailpiece. This proved to be an utter nuisance because the E & B strings would both snick into the slots of their respective screws so tight was the break angle over the bridge. The best solution I found to get around this problem was to trade it on another guitar.   Mr_roadstar Username: Mr_roadstar Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 3:01 am:    Strings, Huh? Ya lost me. Ginger, Doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the guitar. It means the setup I was using was outside what the factory had intended. ie: Heavy strings and relatively high action require more adjustment than was available. I almost always end up with the E saddle jammed up against the stop. The Bear   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 8:32 am:    Do you use these brake cable gauge strings? I read that Hank Marvin uses .013s, but I never tried anything higher than .011 on a solid body (mostly .010 on hardtails/stoptails but .009 on the stratocaster) and .012 on my jazz boxes and dreadnoughts. But you're quite a tall strong guy with big strong hands and you play mostly rock. I guess you would break too much strings when you use the thin ones, right? I have one old set of phoshpor bronze Ernie Balls, which I bought to use the bass strings as spares for my short mandola, which actually needs .062 for the low G. This was the best I could find back then. I never dared to use it on my guitars. Ginger   Mr_roadstar Username: Mr_roadstar Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 3:25 pm:    "But you're quite a tall strong guy with big strong hands and you play mostly rock. Huh? I'm short, got stubby fingers, and my band plays a mix of Country, Gospel, Blues, Rock, and Folk. Where DO you get these delusions? As for the "brake cables"; 11-49 in standard tuning. I run out of adjustment because of the tall action. The Bear   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 3:55 pm:    Bear, "On a couple of occasions I had to reverse the E and A saddles to get correct intonation. I ran out of adjustment!" Which E? #1 string is the high one so I doubt that one was in the "swap" mix you mentioned. Whatever worx ;O)   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 6:59 pm:    Oops, I was confusing two photos of guys with wild long curly hair. I thought Strings was you... He looks quite impressive with that Explorer http://www.ibanezcollectors.com/discus/messages/17 /2285.html?1160515390 Sorry for projecting an image in my mind onto your person and thank you for putting the right subscripts to the right photos again, re-arrangeing the marbles so to say. I will have to get used to the short bear image though... But it's good to know you play all kinds of styles too. Ginger   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 11:10 pm:    Shhh Dave! Time for one of these   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 12:44 pm:    Ginger, if you read the context of that thread in the lnk you posted, Dave_g and I deviated briefly on the subject of whether a one Allen Collins (of Lynyrd Skynyrd) played an MIJ explorer from time to time. This look more like me and my 98.5% minty 2622:   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 12:48 pm:      Strings Username: Strings Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 1:02 pm:    Kinda butchered a beautiful axe with the pic size reduction...here's a better run at the important subject ;   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 5:44 pm:    You put all that hair and a beard under that cap? (just kidding) I see that both hands seem to be functioning again. At least you can put your fingers in your ears again... That's a start. How's playing? Ginger   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 3:34 pm:    Tough doin' 5-fret blues bar-chord walks with the pinky down low on these bodies cuz the neck is so •••• long...good for stretching tho...thanks.

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