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Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 09, 2007, 04:46:50 AM

I bought a fender squier strat guitar (just started). The bridge doesn\'t sit flush to the guitar, all the screws are on angles and the bridge is floating. I\'m not sure if this is normal.  

Some pics to show u.

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: Titan on July 09, 2007, 09:29:09 AM

Shouldn\'t have bought a Squier. I bought a good guitar for my first one. I bought a Schecter. They are great guitars. I don\'t regret it one bit.

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: Viper_Fujax on July 09, 2007, 10:23:06 AM

does it do that with the strings not there? might just be really taught and pulling the bridge.

that or there is some screw/mechanism in the back of the guitar that u have to mess with, but i doubt that. not really sure what\'s all in that back section of the guitar.

It doesnt look TOO bad to me personally. If the guitar is getting out of tune all the time, then its a problem. At least thats my rule of thumb,lol.

doesnt help too much, but its a little better than Titty\'s post :D

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: Coredweller on July 09, 2007, 11:17:27 AM

It\'s normal.  That\'s why they call it a floating bridge.  Hopefully you got a whammy bar with the guitar.  When you screw the bar into the bridge, you can raise it and depress it to cause the bridge to pivot.  
 
I normally set up a stratocaster so the bridge is NOT flush with the body.  This enables you to sharpen the pitches in addition to flattening them.

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: nO-One on July 09, 2007, 12:48:41 PM

it looks ok, if it bugs you just open up the back, the springs connect to this metal thing with screws in it. Tighten the screws and it should pull the bridge down. But as Core mentioned, keeping it like this let\'s you get the pitch up just a little bit by pulling on the whammy bar.

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 09, 2007, 05:00:02 PM

thanks for the replies guys. The guitar does keep tune so thats not a issue. I have a few mates that have been doing guitar for a long time. Their first guitars were similar to mine if not the same, but we\'re talking over 15-20 years ago they got theirs.

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: JBean on July 09, 2007, 08:10:01 PM

is next up a new camera?

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 09, 2007, 10:11:47 PM

that was done with my webcam, already have a new camera, but i won\'t whip it out for something like that.

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: CHIZZY on July 10, 2007, 04:36:32 AM

wtf is a webcam? you do a voyeur site or something?

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: Sara on July 10, 2007, 07:03:18 AM

I\'d watch it.

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: Titan on July 10, 2007, 09:18:48 AM

Me too. I feel like I can kill a kitten or two right now.

Title: Need some guitar help
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 10, 2007, 02:33:14 PM

Quote from: CHIZZY

wtf is a webcam? you do a voyeur site or something?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcam


i bought it as a cheap way to do my martial arts vids when i was doing nunchaku.  These days i use it to take quick pics of crap when needed.

or for my love sessions with sammy.