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  • #21775
    guitarguy
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    on wrap around bridges there is usually a screw on each side of the bridge that goes to the stud thing. i cant figure out what they are for. i took off my strings to see what it did but i still cant figure it out. the only thing i know is that it moves the bridge closer or father away from the pickup. does anyone know what it is ment for?
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    • #66873
      1bassleft
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      Thanks for that Lee, and I suppose we have to kill the hijack there. This is a school (ie, your tax-quids) laptop, so I’m very sensitive about unsavouries hitting the HD. Bad enough that I use it to talk about guitars and amps 😛 …

    • #66850
      lee_UK
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      Good post Bass 😆
      I also have 2 girls one at 5yrs and the other at 8, advice on the ‘Beaver hunt’ i think you need to go on the links trail, start off at the girl guides website and look for the links to the beavers, you will probably end up with the ontario ice hockey team (ladies of course).
      Nice looking puck. 😯

    • #66863
      1bassleft
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      😆 , Lee. Atchlee, trussrod can be strung onto either “f**k” or “intonation”. Doing this makes you a “hooker” – another reason why Scrabble searches unleash the “world of filth” spyware.

      Dragging things further downwards, I’m also a guardian for the youngsters (six to eight) not old enough for Cub Scouts. Ludicrously, they’re called “Beavers”. I said I’d knock up a publicity flyer for the troop but I’m damned if I’ll search the net for suitable graphics. If anyone can suggest a search engine that’ll let me enter the required info without filling the hard drive with “Gary Glitter” hits, I’d like to know. Absolutely the stupidest name for a Scout movement ever. Did Baden-Powell never see “Naked Gun”? 😕

      BTW, Michael, I’ve had to remove the numerical “eight” from the post because the ‘cool’ emoticon came up. Just thought you’d like to know.

    • #66833
      lee_UK
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      F**K is worth 15 points, 45 on a treble word score, but on the other hand ‘Trussrod’ is only worth 9, unless of course you could tie it into ‘Intonation’ 😉 in which case you would probably win the game, but ive yet to see anyone tie the 2 words together…. 😈

    • #66857
      1bassleft
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      Michael, I don’t want to hijack, but it wasn’t the sprog-game. Laptops suspending, not choosing “remember my password” and a ton of cruddy spyware sum up the occasional (and it is rare) posting diffs.

      This’ll make Lee laugh. I agreed to download (wait for it) a Scrabble programme. I run a club at primary school. “The World of Filth” has now hit my connection with a vengeance and caused the probs.

      The news is; visit a guitar/amp site and the spyers assume you have no interest in sex. Scrabblers get targeted for porn. What does this say about us rockers compared to spotty wordniks? Bizarre 😕

      Only expl is that Scrabblers post on the net whether f**k is allowed whereas guitarists just say it when a string breaks and get on with life 🙂

    • #66851
      Michael
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      Only just noticed ya post 1bass… I had been busy elsewhere all week and hadn’t been keeping much of an eye on the posts. Let me know how you go.

    • #66841
      1bassleft
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      Message 4 moderators. I think my ‘ether’ problem has been traced. My sprog leaving “Mega City Challenge” minimized before sloping off to bed, not the guitarsite. In the interests of science and investigative journalism, I shall leave the lappy unattended for 15mins while I beat him in his sleep with a large bat.

      If all works well (apart from sproggy, obviously), then I think I’ll have confirmed the source.

    • #66846
      1bassleft
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      👿 👿 👿 For the 2nd time in as many days, a meticulous Bass-post has gone off into the ether. This time, I never mentioned a truss rod, so it’s not Lee’s “Bass + truss = block” programme 😉 .

      I don’t blame the mods either – must be this dratted laptop, but did I say 👿 👿 👿 ?

      Anyhoo, here’s ANOTHER cut-down retype. Looks like the screws allow forward/backward shifting (intonation). Possibly also height adjustment (action), but I can only go on a pic from zzsounds. Could I ask for a confirmation (just looking at your Warlock bridge – don’t adjust yet if poss) before retyping the whole, dratted post again?

      Sorry, a teeny bit peed at this happening a 2nd time. I think the tendency for a lappy to ‘suspend’ is the root cause of my probs.

    • #66842
      lee_UK
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      Then its used to shorten and lengthen the string length, it’s for intonation adjustment, if you tighten the screws clockwise then you pull the bridge back, thus lenghthen the string’s, if you screw counterclockwise you adjust the bridge forwards shortening the strings.
      What do you think Bass? (and dont give me all that truss rod adjustment, tweeking nonsense!!)

    • #66838
      guitarguy
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      they just hit the studs, they dont actually screw in them
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    • #66869
      lee_UK
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      [quote=”1bassleft”]Sounds like a Q for Lee. Do you have a make/model update?[/quote]

      what i know about warlocks you could write on the back of a postage stamp, but having seen the picture it looks as if its for pulling the bridge backwards and forwards. Do the screws go all the way through to the ‘studs’?? if they do then maybe they are used for adjusting the bridge for intonation setup, you could also screw one side more than the other to skew the bridge for intonation, just a thought.

    • #66866
      guitarguy
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      shoot, that didnt work
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    • #66828
      guitarguy
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    • #66867
      guitarguy
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      bronze series bc rich warlock
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    • #66862
      1bassleft
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      Sounds like a Q for Lee. Do you have a make/model update?

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