best material to shim mustang/staytrem saddles?
- MechaBulletBill
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best material to shim mustang/staytrem saddles?
feeler gauge? dense felt? rubber? I want to maintain the radius but raise all the saddles up a bit. stop them drifting sideways and stop the strings fouling on the back edge.
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Re: best material to shim mustang/staytrem saddles?
cut a bit of card the width and lenth of the bridge then trim back so you can still use the height adjust screws.
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Re: best material to shim mustang/staytrem saddles?
Metal shim stock. But yes cutting up a cheap feeler gauge would work too .. and allow you to choose exactly the right thickness.
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Re: best material to shim mustang/staytrem saddles?
Find some scrap/offcut steel pallet strapping. Most factory type businesses should have something suitable
And cut to size with tinsnips
Probably a bit less headachey than hacking up feeler guages, or buying steel that thin from a metal supplier.
YMMV.
And cut to size with tinsnips
Probably a bit less headachey than hacking up feeler guages, or buying steel that thin from a metal supplier.
YMMV.
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Re: best material to shim mustang/staytrem saddles?
Pieces of feeler gauge sounds like a fantastic idea to me. I see multiple sets of 32 pieces on ebay for under $10. That should be more than enough shim material for dozens of bridges.
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Re: best material to shim mustang/staytrem saddles?
oooooooh I like this idea. I have no idea where to get some though? Might have to go poking around the local warehouses.offsets4life wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:09 amFind some scrap/offcut steel pallet strapping. Most factory type businesses should have something suitable
And cut to size with tinsnips
Probably a bit less headachey than hacking up feeler guages, or buying steel that thin from a metal supplier.
YMMV.