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Post subject: Fender High Mass Bridge
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:43 am
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Brothers!
I have a question about the Fender High Mass Bridge.

Does any body knows the height of the saddles?

I have been surffing the internet but I can not find the height from the body of the instrument, to the saddle of the string.

The reason I ask it, is because I have a Deluxe V MiM which the action is higher than what I want.
It is a 60aniv model. I do not want to add more tension to the thuss rod because I know that it is common to break the fingerboards on these models. I have shimmed the neck and leped a lot, but strings still high!
Can anybody help me? Pleeeease!!??


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Post subject: Re: Fender High Mass Bridge
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 3:33 pm
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Truss rod is not for adjust action. Neck need the right bow with any strings action.
Shim the neck is alway the solution, if you can't screw saddles down. You may have not done the right way ?


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Post subject: Re: Fender High Mass Bridge
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 4:22 pm
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I can not post images, I wish I could!
Not sure why...

However, I agree with you. The correct way to adjust action is not thuss rod.
The contruction on these bass is kinda not very good.
It is very diffucult to find shims in Mexico, so I did mine my self, however, it is not an angle shim.
I used a sheet of metal and shaped the form of the saddle and raised the neck about 2.5mm (0.1in).
It worked well so it bring the fingerboard closer to the strings and (surprisingly) improved sustain.
But I know a lot of persons who broke the fingerboard trying to adjust the action of the strings and my bridge is al the way down and still have a few milimmeters to reqach the height I want. That is why I ask for the height of the Fender High Mass Bridge, but no one have the info! Nor the internet!


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Post subject: Re: Fender High Mass Bridge
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:39 am
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Sure you do the wrong way.

You can't broke the finger board if you adjust action if you do the right way. Sure those people don't.

You can use anything to shim the neck, just do some research with google.

How to post photo ( by stratele52 )


1- Upload photo on Photobucket or other

On Photobucket librairy;

2- Choose the photo you want to post.

3- Clic on " IMG window " and copy

4- Open Fender forum answer window and copy ( the IMG from 3 ) in the window

5- Test with "Preview button" , you should see what all the forum member will see .

6- If ok, press " Submit button ".

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Post subject: Re: Fender High Mass Bridge
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:43 am
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Or direct ;
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Shimming on the back side on the neck pocket drop action ( strings) down.

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Post subject: Re: Fender High Mass Bridge
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:15 pm
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Relief is not an action adjustment even though it does affect action.
If you adjust relief after you've set action the relief adjustment will change the action and you'll just have to set the action again.
That's the primary reason why relief must be set first.

1) Set relief according to spec first before you begin addressing action.
Don't even bother addressing the action until the relief is set.
Not set close enough ... set right.

2) Once relief has been set, saddle adjustments should be tried first before shimming.
You didn't mention if you had tried the saddle adjustments first.

3) When saddle adjustment cannot provide enough range to satisfy your preference, first reset the saddles to about middle of the way for height and then begin trying different shim thicknesses.
There is no point in trying shims if you did not first put the saddles at about the mid-point for height.
After shimming, if it's pretty close to how you like it, use the saddle adjustments for fine tuning the action.
If it still needs a ways to go, don't even bother with the saddles.
Just try a different shim.
If you did move the saddles but still need a different shim don't forget to put the saddles back in the middle before reshimming.
You never want to end up with the saddles full up or fully down.
You always want to leave yourself ample room to make further adjustments down the road.

4) Once relief and action have both been properly dialed in, then you can set intonation and pickup height.

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