Jaguar String Popping + Intonation

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:59 pm

Thom wrote:And I'm sure I've said this before but $179 for a bridge?! Fuck that.

+1

A Mustang bridge costs a fraction of that and does the same job. Or you can just setup the stock Jag/Jazzie bridge, which is time consuming but can be done for only a couple of quid. And it will be just as stable.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:10 pm

Or you can just get a V file and saw a nice deep groove into the stock Jag saddle, then raise the saddle up to compensate.

TieDye · Post by **TieDye** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:18 pm

My error, I meant mustang, or tele with bigsby, or bass VI. Sorry.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:13 pm

TieDye wrote:My error, I meant mustang, or tele with bigsby, or bass VI. Sorry.

Still the same bridge for all these guitars.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:17 pm

$179 to solve a problem that can be solved with $0 and a little patience.

i don't have patience, so i spent about fifteen quid and bought a mustang bridge. my jaguar doesn't pop strings and intonates perfectly.

TieDye · Post by **TieDye** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:58 pm

These bridges have individually adjustable saddles, for height, etc. It allows you to radius the bridge to your liking. try that with an original bridge.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:04 pm

i have honestly never ever played a guitar and thought "damn i wish the bridge was radiused a little differently".

and even if i did one day i wouldn't pay two hundred dollars to do so. i would buy the modified mustang bridge for a quarter of the price.

Post by **dots** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:08 pm

individually adjustable saddles are pretty brilliant, imho. the fact you can space the strings AND adjust the height of them one by one kicks ass. creates more work, too, but i'm cool with that.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:17 pm

it is true that adjusting string height is definitely a bonus, but it can be had for much less that 200 dollars.

i like high action though so it's rare i really feel the need to adjust the height of single strings. if i was into lower action it'd probably be more useful to me personally.

TieDye · Post by **TieDye** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:18 pm

Dots, I agree!

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:23 pm

ah good.

i'll sh'up then.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:02 am

Except you can do both of those with the stock Jag bridge and a fucking FILE.

TieDye · Post by **TieDye** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:06 am

Ys, if you want to ruin your stock bridge.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:44 am

If you are completely throwing it out then what the fuck difference does it make??

TieDye · Post by **TieDye** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:59 am

I would not throw it out. I'd keep it in case I find a better mustang and want to sell the old one. Then I could put the original one back on.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:06 am

Oh, one of those types.

Discussion over.

Space_Expert · Post by **Space_Expert** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:12 pm

The bridge is no longer the issue, it's not just the G string popping out of the nut when I bend up a whole step between frets 2 and 4. How do I fix this?

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:14 pm

Sounds like you need to file the nut deeper still...shouldn't be popping out at all.

aen · Post by **aen** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:34 pm

Noirie. wrote: you can just setup the stock Jag/Jazzie bridge, which is time consuming but can be done for only a couple of quid. And it will be just as stable.

Not. on. your. life.

theres is no way to setup the stock bridge that will be as stable as the mustang bridge, unless you are modifying the stock bridge in an attempt to emulate a mustang bridge. Maybe if you filed some guitar string sized grooves in the stock saddles and smoothed them out niceley so they didnt chew your strangs to shit. But really how many folks are going to get that just perfect on the first try?

Space_Expert · Post by **Space_Expert** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:10 pm

Thom wrote:Sounds like you need to file the nut deeper still...shouldn't be popping out at all.

That's what I thought. The guys at the store I took it to I think thought it was enough, but quiet obviously it isn't. I guess I should have explain I liked to bend strings (shocking, I know). Guess I'll have to wait until I'm back home in March.