Hello,
I've recently bought a 1990 Custom in Black/Ebony.
Currently checking the guitar over and cleaning up some of the corrosion underneath the gold plating before I get it set up. I took the bridge off (looks original) and checked it with a straight edge - it does have a bit of bend/collapse on the top edge - the gap measures about 0.33mm (0.013")
Most of the threads/pics I've seen on this subject don't mention how much theirs was bent by (although some pics clearly show a large amount of bend)
So for those who have lots of experience with this - will 0.013" adversely affect having a low action? would you get it straightened? or maybe leave it and keep an eye on it?
I noticed that the stop bar was wound fully down to the body, so the strings were leaning on the back of the bridge, I had to raise the stop bar quite a lot (0.25") to get the strings to clear. Looks like this guitar has not been used much in 30 years, the stop bar screws almost seized in, everything original, frets very high and flat, first fret oddly high, never had a fret dress/crown. Quite bad green pitting to he pickup covers and bridge. Looking forward to getting it set up nicely and a bit slicker to play.
Thanks
I've recently bought a 1990 Custom in Black/Ebony.
Currently checking the guitar over and cleaning up some of the corrosion underneath the gold plating before I get it set up. I took the bridge off (looks original) and checked it with a straight edge - it does have a bit of bend/collapse on the top edge - the gap measures about 0.33mm (0.013")
Most of the threads/pics I've seen on this subject don't mention how much theirs was bent by (although some pics clearly show a large amount of bend)
So for those who have lots of experience with this - will 0.013" adversely affect having a low action? would you get it straightened? or maybe leave it and keep an eye on it?
I noticed that the stop bar was wound fully down to the body, so the strings were leaning on the back of the bridge, I had to raise the stop bar quite a lot (0.25") to get the strings to clear. Looks like this guitar has not been used much in 30 years, the stop bar screws almost seized in, everything original, frets very high and flat, first fret oddly high, never had a fret dress/crown. Quite bad green pitting to he pickup covers and bridge. Looking forward to getting it set up nicely and a bit slicker to play.
Thanks