So I put a Mustang bridge on my '61 tonight....

[Amber]

To be fair, I really like the pickups I have in my CIJ. I keep meaning to check them as I bought it second hand to make sure they haven't been upgraded. I can't imagine my JM sounding better. With my JMP-1 and can get Mezcal Head tones direct pretty bang on. I would like to try Novaks to see if they were even better.

[berlinbetty]

  I, too, am starting to consider a walk down the Dark Side.  It seems lately I'm constantly adjusting my bridge either for string heighth or just a rattling screw!  I'm thinking it would be nice to only have to adjust the bridge heighth instead of "bridge, saddle, bridge, saddle..."

[mynameisjonas]

...the behind the bridge harmonics aren't the same anymore...

when i switched to mustang bridge i noticed an increase of the behind-the-bridge harmonics

[zhivago]

really?

mine doesn't sound as loud anymore

[mynameisjonas]

weird.. but hey, i´m comparing to a japanese bridge, that could make a big difference.

[zhivago]

hmmm...yeah, that's possible..it's not too much of a big deal I guess...I got a rehearsal in a few hours....I'll see what happens then and report back...my next gig is this week coming, so I'll see how it all sounds onstage too

[fenderjapan]

I tried a allparts mustang bridge on my jag, but didn't like it.
I lost some tone, the high e string didn't stay in place (probably to thin strings, 009/042 ..)
And i didn't like to palm mute on the mustang bridge so i swapped back to the jag bridge

[Surfoverb]

I dont have a problem with my jag bridge, no buzzing (ok a little buzzing but it adds to the character), no string slippage, nothing to worry about. In fact I like it so much I think Im gonna buy a mustang and put a jag bridge on it.

[chrisjedijane]

I love my mustang bridge - I'm just too heavy-handed for the stock JM bridge. The saddles were continually slipping down, and flipping over, and the low E and A was going all over the place - I got real good at making between-song noise/feedback while simultaneously taking an allen key to the bridge

[~*blissedandgone*~]

Tomorrow after work, I'm switching my Jag neck for an Ibanez Jem neck. I love that flat neck feel...helps me with shredding.

I'm also thinking about cutting a handle into the body like Steve Vai's...


My Jag is gonna F*&#'in RAWK!!!!!!

[JazzBlaster]

I have become a big fan of the graph tech saddles 

edit: but not the ibanez jem...

[RumorsOFsurF]

I'm gonna cut my JM body in to the shape of a Dimebag!!!  Have it painted with a mural of a girl in bondage gear.  Of course, swap out those ridiculous pickups for some zebra hums!!  Floyd Rose Trem...Get a custom neck with 24 jumbo frets, and 15" radius board.  Maybe a cool skull inlay at the 12th...3 per side headstock.  Trade my Twin in for a Randall stack!!  Then I can do tapping soloes!

[fuzzking]

Strap on that Jammy Pac!

[dain]

i found a 66 jag in austin that someone had scronked a floyd rose onto complete with locking nut.  i don't know any other way of putting it.  i guess i could say routed but scronked seems to describe it better.  they didn't cut the handle into it though...

BTW i had a 60s mustang bridge that i tried on my 64 and the string spacing didn't feel right but then i put it on my 63 and it feels great!  i think my 64 neck might have been shaved a bit on the sides or something.  i needed the jag bridge to get the spacing right.

also if you're having problems with strings jumping out switch to flatwounds.  they don't go nowhere!