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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:57 pm
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Lets say I wanted to snip the spring to make it shorter. How much are we talking about here? Would I snip half of the spring or 1/4, 1/8, etc.? Also, how difficult would the process of removing and reinstalling the saddle be?


Easy as pie. Undo that screw completely and remove the saddle. Off comes the spring: use some snips or a junior hack saw or some such and take off a few turns of the spring. Try a quarter, if that don't solve it try again and take it down to a half. It is a very cheap replacement part if you somehow mess up. My bet is that you only need to gain a small amount of extra travel to sort the issue.

Shame it's the bottom E string, so space is already tight, but in all likelyhood you'll be able to fix it. I'd try the above before worrying about extra springs on the trem. Try the simple fix first.

Good luck - C


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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:47 pm
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Thanks for all the replies! I really appreciate the help. According to the tuner the note is still sharp on my low E string. The saddle is right up against the bridge. I do have my bridge floating so it's not flush against the body. I'm going to give all your suggestions some thought. In the meantime, if anyone has anymore suggestions please feel free to share! Thanks alot! - Patrick


That was the same one I had problems with, maybe its a common problem. Like I said, I only knew it was sharp because of the tuner. Even after I cut the spring, it was still a little sharp, but at that point I just lived with it (but only for 2 days because it was stolen in a break in 2 days later)


I don't know how common this really is. I've had a similar problem with a tune-o-matic bridge where I had to remove two saddles and reverse them. Sorry to hear about the break in. Did you ever catch the loser who took it?


Nope


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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:51 pm
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Cool! I think I might try that. Like I said before, it doesn't sound bad. I'm just very meticulous and want everything on my guitar to be perfect. :) You know how it is. lol


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