Can I lower the bridge on my acoustic guitar?

Can I lower the bridge on my acoustic guitar?

To lower the action on an acoustic guitar you don’t have to adjust the bridge in any way, you only have to adjust the saddle. The saddle serves the same purpose as the nut, controlling the height of the guitar strings. The strings are strung through the bridge, and their tension holds the saddle in place.

Can you shim a guitar saddle?

– Shimming your saddle with cardboard, old credit card pieces, guitar strings, plastic strips or any other interesting materials is simply not the way to do it correctly. – Using ebony shims, correctly attached to the bottom of the saddle is the most time-honored method of doing it right, and doing it permanently.

How do you shim an acoustic guitar nut?

Place some sandpaper (220 grit should be fine) on a flat surface and rub the nut on that — don’t rub the sandpaper against the nut. This helps ensure a flat bottom. Put the shim on a flat surface. Apply a film of superglue over the bottom of the nut and press it down firmly unto the shim.

Should I lower the bridge on my guitar?

This is important. The slot becomes shallower as the bridge gets lower and if it’s too shallow, the saddle will either tilt/topple under tension or won’t make a good coupling the pickup or acoustic tone. Lowering the top of the acoustic guitar bridge. Lowering the saddle slot to compensate for the lower top.

How do I raise my acoustic guitar saddle?

You raise or lower the saddle by turning the hex screws with a tine hex wrench. Turn the screw clockwise to raise the saddle; turn it counter-clockwise to lower the saddle. If the saddle has two hex screws, be sure to turn them the same amount so that the saddle stays level.

What can I use to shim a guitar nut?

Using paper or cardboard as a shim material CAN work. For all intents and purposes, the process is the same as last time. Instead of a piece of wood, we glue a piece of cardboard to the bottom of the nut.

How do you fix a low nut on a guitar?

You simply tape off the ends of the nut and then remove a small portion of the cloth and roll it up, then insert it into the slot that is too low. Then flow a thin super glue into the fibers using a thin whip tip. You can find thin super glue with whip tips on stewmac.com (the part number is #0010).

What kind of shims do you use for a guitar saddle?

Ebony, Bone, and Fossil mammoth ivory guitar shims and shim materials for nuts and saddles. We also sell the complete Guitar Saddle Shim Kit from the workshop of Bob Colosi. The shim kit does not contain shims for the nuts and so we sell nut shims of bone and ebony materials below.

How big of a shim do I need for a bridge?

The 0.5° should be enough for most jobs but it’s nice to have the option of something bigger (the bigger one is useful for the offset Fenders when you’re deliberately trying to raise the bridge height). The shims fit a standard neck pocket and even have a marked line to show where to cut for a squared-bottom pocket.

Is there a way to Shim the neck of a guitar?

By using Fender’s Micro-Tilt adjustment thing. By installing a popsicle stick, or similarly sized shim at the end of the neck pocket. It’s my opinion that shimming in this way can contribute to and/or speed a hump/ramp/ski-slope condition at the end of your fretboard. This can mean fretwork to resolve so you’d prefer to avoid it if possible.

How big is a guitar nut Shim in inches?

Four ebony (African Gaboon ebony) guitar nut shims. Two of them are cut at 1/16″ thick X 1/4 ” + X 2.2 inches long and the other two are cut at .100″ thick X 1/4″+ X 2.2 inches long. Made in USA.