In fact i have other mc donald tools but they're f...ing expensive

yes I lowered the bridge the other day, from the 2 pivots but I'll take it back later, I'll lower the saddles.

I tought it was a starting point to set them. Just imagine during the guitar assembly, no?

thanx everyone!

No not at all mate. It wrecks the operation and stability of the trem. When people (that have adjusted the posts) unhappy with the trems performance they go adjusting em again. Eventually the pivot groove of the post or the knife edge of the trem wear out. Then your never gonna get it good.

What you need to do is slacken your strings right off (zero tension) then remove the springs. Now heres the tricky bit on the 2 point trem. You need to push that tremplate firmly into the pivot posts, as if it was under tension. Then check the height of the front edge of the tremplate from the body. As I said it should be 1.5mm there abouts, 2mm if you want absolutely stacks of tremplay. Release all tension pushing the plate into the posts, adjust, reapply pressure then measure.

When you have that right set your trem angle, then string height, then intonation.

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Yes, they are expensive, but the understring radius gauges are $25 and you can set up your own guitars for the rest of your life to your liking, and not have to take it to someone else to do it.

I dont use a radius gauge ever for setting string height. It's far more important how the strings feel on the neck than being restricted to a so called correct method.
For instance your bass strings naturaly need more height than treble strings. Once you start getting into that your outside of fretboard radius.

Radius gauges are a good tool and do have their uses, I would just rather set to my own preference than what someone else tells me is correct.

Let's face a fact here Dan Erlewine would swear the sky is green if doing so sold tools.

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Lol
by way you know my left handed tremolo has the radius a little messed up by factory? It has bass strings saddles lower than treble ones!
Just a little but it's the opposite as they should have been placed

Exactly Niki. I've got a complete set and never use them when setting a guitar up to my preferences.

Ummm, I always just use my eye to get that right. I will lower them as far as I can and then systematically start raising them till i get all the buzz, anywhere on the fret board, is gone. Of course the truss rod needs to be set right and the micro-tilt...if you decide to use that. so feel, buzz and line of sight is really all one needs. No fancy measuring devices needed. Kind of like getting a file attachment for a chain saw....a logger would laugh when as he free hands his file perfectly!

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