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j mascis squeir jazzmaster - low e string keeps slipping off
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:37 am
by iblastoff
anyone know how to properly address this? only happens when i play hard live but really annoying. its been recently set up at a guitar shop already. regular 10-46 gauge strings.
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:09 am
by BobArsecake
Either file the groove a little, or...
Get a buzz stop
(I was wanting to express the sound Bob makes more than the picture so I hope you're familiar)
I think the buzz stop may be most effective in fixing your problem, but I could be wrong.
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 12:24 pm
by ekwatts
Buzz stop is the lazy instant fix.
I say this as a user of the buzz stop. It works.
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:17 pm
by taylornutt
Is that bridge on backwards? This was happening oddly enough on my J Mascis Jazzmaster (Purple Sparkle) and I had the bridge backwards.
Here is a pic of my guitar when I had the bridge backwards and you can see the Low E is popping off the bridge. Might be worth considering.
Just look and see if the grooves on the two E saddles are different sizes.
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:26 pm
by George
turning the bridge round may help i guess, but overall i think it may be due to a lack of break angle to the bridge, which yeah, a buzz stop would fix, but so might a shim. i dunno tough call.
filing the groove deeper would definitely help but knock off the radius a bit
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:28 pm
by taylornutt
George wrote:turning the bridge round may help i guess, but overall i think it may be due to a lack of break angle to the bridge, which yeah, a buzz stop would fix, but so might a shim. i dunno tough call.
filing the groove deeper would definitely help but knock off the radius a bit
I know it's a little different with the Squier model since the tremolo is closer to the bridge.
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:11 pm
by Josh
try heavier strings perhaps? I use like 11s or 12s on my jag/jazzy and they have the same bridge. I have my Tom really high on my jazzy and have the neck shimmed.
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:09 pm
by taylornutt
Josh wrote:try heavier strings perhaps? I use like 11s or 12s on my jag/jazzy and they have the same bridge. I have my Tom really high on my jazzy and have the neck shimmed.
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