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Post subject: Bridge Saddle
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:29 am
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Hi there,
I bought a used Fender Telecaster recently but when i tried to correct the intonation I found that the A-string had to be lengthened all the way back to the bridge, but the intonation is still a little off, with no more adjustment to the saddle possible. has anyone had a similar issue, or can you offer any advise on what may be wrong, or how to go about mending this? Much obliged...


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Post subject: Re: Bridge Saddle
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:31 am
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rimbaud wrote:
Hi there,
I bought a used Fender Telecaster recently but when i tried to correct the intonation I found that the A-string had to be lengthened all the way back to the bridge, but the intonation is still a little off, with no more adjustment to the saddle possible. has anyone had a similar issue, or can you offer any advise on what may be wrong, or how to go about mending this? Much obliged...


Welcome.

I presume you mean, the saddle was brought all the way back to the bridge plate where the screw that adjusts it is at.

You could try shortening the length of the spring or outright removing it. However and sight unseen, the root cause is usually any or all of the following situations:

1. A defective or outright dead string.
2. The neck has too much of a concave bow.
3. One or both of the pickups are too close to the strings.

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Post subject: Re: Bridge Saddle
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:16 am
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Post subject: Re: Bridge Saddle
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:03 pm
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Reading your post I was wondering if your Tele has three or six saddles? My teles all have six saddles and I've never owned one with three saddles but have wondered if someone has possibly flipped the E/A saddle over causing it to be compensated the wrong way. Like I say I don't know if this is possible or not. Just a suggestion. :?:

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Post subject: Re: Bridge Saddle
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:52 pm
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Martian wrote:
rimbaud wrote:
Hi there,
I bought a used Fender Telecaster recently but when i tried to correct the intonation I found that the A-string had to be lengthened all the way back to the bridge, but the intonation is still a little off, with no more adjustment to the saddle possible. has anyone had a similar issue, or can you offer any advise on what may be wrong, or how to go about mending this? Much obliged...


Welcome.

I presume you mean, the saddle was brought all the way back to the bridge plate where the screw that adjusts it is at.

You could try shortening the length of the spring or outright removing it. However and sight unseen, the root cause is usually any or all of the following situations:

1. A defective or outright dead string.
2. The neck has too much of a concave bow.
3. One or both of the pickups are too close to the strings.


#3 above. First thing I had to do when I got my Tele was adjust the pickup height. The neck pickup was way too close to the strings and was tilted with the bass end closer than the treble end (the opposite of how it's supposed to be). This was causing me to go completely nuts, trying to set the intonation right. I adjusted the pickup until it sounded right and had no problem with the intonation since then.

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Post subject: Re: Bridge Saddle
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:15 am
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Thanks for the reply's. Martin you're right but the spring had already been removed! There are six separate saddles... Was talking to a guitar tech & what he said was to get a new spring and use new strings that haven't been stretched yet and get a professional set up done !! i'll keep you posted...


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Post subject: Re: Bridge Saddle
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:17 am
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My Custom II has a six saddle bridge and one of string had a similar issue (the B string if I recall) what I did was remove it completely and sand .01 to .02 of an inch off it for the saddle to go back just slightly enough more. Might try it if it's not far off.

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Post subject: Re: Bridge Saddle
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:50 am
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all has worked out well with bridge saddle. i did what the guitar tech said and the guitar/intonation is back in-as much as can be possible-perfect working order. Thanks for the replys and i hope this post helps others with the same problem...


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