Bronco question

jamieb · Post by **jamieb** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:01 pm

I was looking at my bridge today (as you do) and noticed something I've taken for granted before; exactly what order are the saddles supposed to be in?

There are 3 pairs of differing heights and I wondered if it makes a difference. Please excuse my extreme ignorance if it does, I've just never particularly noticed before.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:17 pm

it should follow the radius of the neck. being lowest on the 1st and 6th string, medium on the 2nd and 5th, and highest at the 3rd and 4th.

jamieb · Post by **jamieb** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:23 pm

bubbles_horwitz wrote:it should follow the radius of the neck. being lowest on the 1st and 6th string, medium on the 2nd and 5th, and highest at the 3rd and 4th.

Cheers dude, that makes sense.

dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:51 pm

I just happened to think, you'd be a bit of trouble if you used a warmoth neck on a bronco bridge. Warmoth 24 inch necks only come in 10 inch radius. It may not be enought to worry about. Could be a bit funny though.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri May 02, 2008 12:01 am

dodgedartdave wrote:I just happened to think, you'd be a bit of trouble if you used a warmoth neck on a bronco bridge. Warmoth 24 inch necks only come in 10 inch radius. It may not be enought to worry about. Could be a bit funny though.

also, I think the warmoth 24" necks are conversion necks designed for guitars that normally use a 25.5" neck so the scale is slightly different than a guitar that was designed for a normal 24" neck. still it could easily be close enough that you could just adjust the saddles to compensate for the difference. I don't know though, I've never tried it.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Fri May 02, 2008 12:02 am

no, they sell regular mustang/jag/etc replacement necks.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri May 02, 2008 12:04 am

oh, ok well never mind then....

dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:27 pm

bubbles_horwitz wrote:no, they sell regular mustang/jag/etc replacement necks.

It's true. Their necks are direct replacements and the specs are almost the same, except for the fingerboard radius. Thin washers could solve that problem though. (I just thought of that).

astro · Post by **astro** » Sat May 03, 2008 4:36 pm

mage wrote: also, I think the warmoth 24" necks are conversion necks designed for guitars that normally use a 25.5" neck so the scale is slightly different than a guitar that was designed for a normal 24" neck. still it could easily be close enough that you could just adjust the saddles to compensate for the difference. I don't know though, I've never tried it.

You're right, Warmoth does sell conversion necks, but they're made to convert 25.5" scale guitars to the Gibson scale of 24.75".