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I think I prefer Marty's scotch tape idea!
anyway, the locktite seems to have held, so it's gotta be something
else. I'm playing my Jag till I get it sorted out.
--- In , "reverbrob" <woolsey@e...>
wrote:
>
> I think you said you have Mustang saddles, so it's gotta be those
> bridge screws. Obviously you need something stronger than Loktite,
> and it's probably available at the next gig, for free. Get your
long
> cord and spend Set 3 out among the dancers as they stagger around
> with drinks in their hands--- preferably tropical concoctions with
> rum and pineapple juice and all that sticky stuff. Shouldn't take
> long to get several drinks dumped onto the JM. Wipe off everywhere
> except the bridge and let it dry until next gig. Those screws will
> never move again.
>
> Which maybe prompts a future thread--- gigs where our gear got
> unbelievably slimed, grimed, and trashed.... the ones where we
spent
> the next day/week/month trying to clean it all up...
>
> Rob Woolsey
> Detonators
>
> --- In , "rio452001" <mpietra102@a...>
> wrote:
> >
> > This is a follow-up to my earlier posts about how the bridge on
> both
> > my AVRI and CIJ JM's moved, so that it would be perfectly set up
> but
> > then the bridge would move down and I'd fret-out on higher note
> bends
> > etc.
> >
> > So I brought them in to my guitar-guy, who set them up and
applied
> > lock-tite.
> >
> > got them home, and played the AVRI at rehearsal last night...
> within
> > an hour, I was fretting again... and then during one song, the
> guitar
> > actually became noticeably and progressively out of tune, as the
> > bridge sank rather quickly...
> >
> > At that point, I gave up and picked up my Jaguar, which is what
> I'll
> > be playing at tomorrow nite's gig.
> >
> > I haven't even tried the CIJ.
> >
> > I'm now thinking I may have a more serious problem with the JM's,
> and
> > they're going to have to go back in the shop, unless someone can
> > think of another fix.
> >
> > Any other thoughts from the members here?
> >
> > Much obliged,
> >
> > Rio
