After changing strings (and gauge) on my Ibanez RG421EX today, I realized that the intonation screw hole on the low E saddle is completely worn out and cannot properly hold the intonation screw anymore when moving the saddle away from the neck. So I cannot adjust intonation on that string (it's off by at least a quarter note on the 12th fret
)
While looking for replacement parts I found that I can basically go two routes now: Replace the whole bridge or get a new set of saddles. It's a standard Ibanez Fixed Bridge and apparently goes for around 25 bucks (although it seems that I have to wait some weeks to get one in Germany...).
Graphtech saddles look promising too, but considering the price for a full set I thought, why not just upgrade the bridge then? The Ibanez Tight End bridge seems to be a great alternative (and I could get one in a few days).
But what I wasn't able to find out yet is whether the Tight End and Fixed bridges are compatible in terms of mounting screws. The
look compatible on pictures but the screw spacing might still be different. Does anyone know about this? (Or have some other suggestion what I should do?)
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