Metallic Black Duo-Sonic Build

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 2:46 am

Why not just try a small bit of veneer or something as a reverse shim? Might work until you figure out a solution?

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:12 am

Are there saddles that sit higher you would switch out? Can you get longer height screws that could raise it just a hair higher?

What kind of Jaguar neck did you use?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:05 am

Thanks for giving me that push to suck it up. I went in the garage and got a piece of wood, cut it to the shape of the plate, shaved it down a little, painted it black, and now I have this.

IMG_5003 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_5005 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Kind of looks like a floating bridge now. I didn't have a full set of strings, so I used a couple scrap ones to check the height until I can go tomorrow to get some more strings. As you can see from the picture below, I should be able to get the action high enough for my liking.

IMG_5006 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:01 am

What kind of neck are you using? It might work fine with a vintage neck if you aren't already using one. It didn't look like anything
had ever been done to the neck pocket. Some of the newer necks are a little taller than the vintage ones.
Also, you might try barrel saddles without the grooves. That will raise the strings a small amount. I'm guessing a vintage
neck and vintage bridge would work perfectly but you may not want to put any more money in it.

cur · Post by **cur** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:59 am

Is there a shim in there? Kind of looks like the neck is not parallel to the body.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:36 pm

Sorry bout the saddles man. I never used em. I bought them and the bridge from cooter and they just sat in the bag the whole time.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:53 pm

No worries.

Not your fault at all.

The Japanese necks are taller than vintage ones.

This bridge shim should work fine. It is on there solid and the action is much better. Doesn't look vintage correct, but it is functional and I am cool with it.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:57 pm

HNB wrote:No worries. Not your fault at all. The Japanese necks are taller than vintage ones. This bridge shim should work fine. It is on there solid and the action is much better. Doesn't look vintage correct, but it is functional and I am cool with it.

Well that's all that matters then. It turned out great.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:18 pm

All finished! Sounds great. The bridge mod worked out great and I like the floating look it has now. Totally solid. Sustain is unaffected.

IMG_5018 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_5019 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_5020 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_5021 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

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