Hey all ! New to the forum here....

I recently bought a 50's RW.... I instantly bonded with it.... great player/great unplugged/amplified tone.

The problem? It has the typical problem with the high E string being too close to the edge of the fretboard. The saddles aren't straight on the bridge either (high e saddle is pulling to the right) I really don't want to drop a bunch more dough trying to figure out what's wrong.... my friend said it could be the bridge was installed at an angle... soooooo worth keeping? easy fix? Or take it back? I didn't like the other RW's at my store... Would suck to have to give it up. Sorry for so much drama on my 1st. post !

A friend suggested a Callaham replacement bridge... the one with the smaller string spacing.... anyone know if that would work with this guitar?

thanks in advance for any and all help...

-Matt

wouldnt pay any money to fix a new guitar, thats just not clever. especialy considering the price of the roadworn I'd expect standards akin to US strats.

Take it back tell em to order you a replacement in the same colour/configuration.

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Take it back. The RW's ain't cheap. Demand what you paid for, which is a quality instrument.

What I have done in the past is loosen the string a and try to slide the string saddle over just slightly. If that does not work then loosen all the strings and try to slide the string saddles over very slightly. This seemed to work for me in the past. If you still do not have any success then take it to a guitar tech and see what he can do to help you since you seem to like this guitar.

Take it back and make them fix it. I have the same gutiar and love mine. It may just need adjusted. Make the dealer do it.

I agree. Take it back...either have them fix it or get a new one. RK

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2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
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1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

The angle of the neck to the body might be a bit off.

It's an easy adjustment (just loosen the strings, loosen the 4 bolts, and nudge it a bit), though it will bring the Low E closer to the edge, but I'd much rather have the high E string firmly on the body than the low E!

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Hello M.A.Z.

Hey Matt firstly welcome to the forum.

No excuses for crappy quality.
Take it back, make a big deal about it.
Bonds are for people, not inanimate objects.

Cheers.

I would be really careful with Calahan. Some of the bridges that he advertises to fit certain models of Fender strats are actually designed and spaced to fit HIS guitars and will guide your "outboard" e strings even closer to the edge! I have a JV strat that this happened to. I sent him photos and he did not have a fix and was less than helpful. I used to be a fan but I won't deal with him again due to his lack of integrity.

However, this sounds like a simple adjustment of the inner saddle height adjustment screw downward will change the angle of the surface of the saddle and cause the saddle segment to pull inward rather than outward.

+1 -- I thought the same exact thing.

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The neck angle will only adjust the height of the strings relative to the surface of the fingerboard. This is generally tweeked when the strings are fretting out on the higher notes.

This sounds more like a latteral or sideways adjustment, not height IMHO.

this happens to me sometimes when i restring. just loosen off the e string and move the saddle back into place.

Hi,

I'm pretty sure this is what both orvilleowner and 01GT eibach are referring to. Sideways not height.

Mark.

+2 -- I have an MIM that the neck tends to walk towards the high E, which draws that high E string to the edge of the fingerboard and the D string almost right on top of the fret marker dot at the 5th fret. The body routing was a bit overdone so I had to shim mine.

The question is should you have to crank the neck round on a $1k odd guitar?

In the early times of production that was acceptable though im sure vintage owners would have prefered otherwise. Theres absolutely no excuse for it these days. Especialy considering the cost.

I wouldnt have accepted it on my £200 MIM in 1995 had i been a bit more sharp witted at the time.

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