QUOTE (Understudy @ Nov 18 2007, 07:52 AM)
Sorry WTN, the point I was going to make was not intended for you
. If the bridge is falling into the body I asume you took all the strings off at once ? If that is the case, only change them 1 at a time.
No I would not do that. While trying to tune it over and over with even stagger tuning the strings keep going flat so the springs keep pulling and you can watch it move into the body.
QUOTE (MickeM @ Nov 18 2007, 10:43 AM)
If it falls into the cavity:
Losen the two screws inside (the ones that are screwed into the wood of the guitar) just a quarter or a turn.
Tune up.
I think your main problem right now is that when you get it in tune the strings will stretch making the tension less and the bridge fall back. Because a new guitar comes with new strings and these always takes some time of playing before they stop stretching and settle for a length.
Some people stretch them by force, I play them, stretching them always makes the thin E string break for me.
So I suggest you lose the locking nut, play for a couple hours , adjusting the string tension mainly with the machine heads (read: tune). If the bridge goes off too far you turn the screws.
Heck, no wonder I cannot tune it - it's broken. One of the spring screws (the wood screws) has pulled out of the wood. Pretty small screws to hold back that much tension. This was the stock 3 spring setup. How can they expect these to hold 5 springs?
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