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All US reissue Jazzmasters have 2 or 3 shims. Jags up
to four shims. The reason Jags have more is to get the
height to clear the mute. If you take the mute off,
you can lower the bridge, and remove some shims. The
neck pockets are too deep on these reissues, I've set
up probably hundreds of them, and it's just the way
they are.
When you decide how many shims to use it will be
determined by first having the saddles high enough so
the strings clear the back of the bridge. The strings
cannot hit the intonation screws, it will rattle. If
you don't use a Buzzstop, you need to get the bridge
up
high enough to get a little bit of back pressure
against the saddles. I think Buzzstops are needed on
all my guitars, except my '63 Jag for some reason. If
you use a Buzzstop, the ultimate thing to do is
replace the three round head screws on the tailpiece
with flat headed screws so the strings will not hit
the screws. You must first counter bore the holes to
fit these, and
use a bit that will not cause the chrome to peel.
Lack of sustain is caused by loss of energy in the
movement of the string due to rattle.
-dave
>
> Just for the record, my US Jaguar had 2 shims.
> I'm actually thinking about taking mine out. I think
> the shims are for
> light string gauge players. I've got 12's on the
> Jaguar, and the angle
> over the bridge is so steep already that the strings
> were hitting the
> back of the intonation screw heads (before I
> reversed the bridge). I
> wonder if you would notice a change in the
> tone/sustain if they were
> removed?
>
>
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