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Post subject: Squier VM Jaguar: Some Problems
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:33 am
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Hello, I recently brought a Fender Squier VM Jaguar considering to price for such a guitar and soon found that the strings were dead from around the 5th fret onwards. I found that this was just a matter of raising the bridge which seemed to sort it out. After about an hour of playing i had noticed that the bridge had worked it way down to the original position making the strings dead again.

If there is a fix for this issue please let me know

Thanks alot
Theo


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Post subject: Re: Squier VM Jaguar: Some Problems
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:59 am
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First of all, I diagnose from your question that the guitar is in need of a setup - the factory doesn't send guitars ready-to-play, and (especially if you ordered it online) the music stores seldom setup the guitars they sell.

You can learn to set it up yourself, or pay a (good) shop to do the job - that's about €75/$100 additional cost, but after that your instrument is at its best.
This screwloose issue happens sometimes, and it may disappear when the guitar is set up - and the luthier would of course pay special attention to it.
It's a weird problem; sometimes only new screws and saddles help, sometimes a shim in the neck pocket does the job... and sometimes just switching two screws with each other is enough...

If you just want a quick fix: set the saddles to correct height, unscrew the screw 2-3 rounds, put a small drop of Loctite 242 (blue) on the exposed rounds of threads, adjust the screw again to correct height, and wipe off all excess.


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