I picked up a low cost guitar recently on eBay to use as a backup to my good one. The action is way too low, and shims are helping, but I'd prefer to go with a bridge of proper height. I've got an unfitted bridge blank, both ends the same height. I've read Josh Hegg's informative post about fitting the bridge, but he doesn't mention radiusing to the fingerboard, other than talking about lowering the action by filing the top of the bridge. Any suggestions as to how to proceed (other than give it to someone who knows what he's doing)?
Benny
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Anyway, once you have the neck profile ..... there are a number of methods ...... confirm that the profile is the same all the way up the neck. If it isn't then you need higher level advice than I can give.
If pretty much the same .... shape the top of the saddle to the radius, reset any offsets in the saddle and then you can determine the action heights and sand off the bottom of the saddle as per normal procedure
Keep in mind that one mm off at the saddle = .5mm at the 12th fret
I use these
http://cgi.ebay.com/LUTHIERS-RADIUS-GAU ... 5ad95ddd33
"It's a great feeling to be dealing with material which is better than yourself, that you know you can never live up to."
-- Orson Welles
"It's a great feeling to be dealing with material which is better than yourself, that you know you can never live up to."
-- Orson Welles