https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:09:01 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/paged/2/#post-231898 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:52:37 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Daniel Lioneye https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/paged/2/#post-231898 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/paged/2/#post-228228 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:22:44 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance clockworked https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/paged/2/#post-228228 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228178 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:02:38 +0000
I went to my local guitar shop and bought some D'Addario XL Electric Guitar Strings and changed my strings one at a time, and pre-set my bridge to be parallel to my body before I changed the strings, and then after I changed the strings, I tuned them all up using "Cross-Tuning" and after they were tuned, they were kinda low and flat, but I screwed in my bridge springs and then made the strings flatter as I lowered the bridge. Then I tuned them again and it just all came together beautifully. I now have 6 lovely new strings tuned perfectly with a locked neck and a ALMOST 100% perfect parrallel bridge!!!


YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :P

Thanks for all your help guys!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance MetallicaMan https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228178 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228170 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:19:40 +0000
You need to learn to block the bridge TEMPORARILY while you put on new strings and adjust intonation. I've posted this advice several times, a some people probably will never understand it, but it is the simplest way to stop all the iterative setup tuning that you are doing:

1. Place temporary blocks in and around the bridge to hold it in the correct position (e.g., parallel to the body). This works best with as few blocks as you can get away with. I typically use only one under the rear of the bridge plate and hold it in place by slightly over tightening the trem springs. If you will be upping the string gauge, more over-tightening is required.

2. Now do all the work you need to do -- replace strings, stretch strings, tune, intonate, retune, and when done ...

3. Adjust the trem spring tension as you remove the blocks to bring the bridge back to the proper position. If you followed my 'single block' suggestion in step one, this merely involves loosening the trem spring tension until the single, rear positioned block just slides out with a little force. The bridge

4. If the bridge plate is indeed still parallel to the body, only a slight tuning touch-up should be required.

Learn to do this and you will love your guitar again. Good luck]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228170 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228151 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:59:12 +0000 Pay to have them do the initial setup. From then on you shouldn't have a problem if you change the strings one at a time.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance tucker97325 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228151 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228132 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:48:20 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance stengah https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228132 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228125 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:07:13 +0000

Thanks for any help before i get started.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance MetallicaMan https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228125 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228108 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:27:24 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228108 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228069 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:12:49 +0000 Sometimes you need to buy an extra spring to convert it to a fixed bridge. Sometimes they don't have enough spring tension in there to keep the bridges from moving. I hate Floating bridges too. I tried trem stablizers, and all kinds of things to keep the tuning stable, then finally threw in the towel on them. :(]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance stengah https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228069 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228067 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:52:28 +0000
Myself I hate tremelo brisges, I block all mine up permanently :)]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Misanthrope https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/beyond-mad/#post-228067