Hi everyone,
a good friend of mine just bought a 7 string S series guitar ( I forget what the model number is) off of someone on ebay. He emailed the guy about the condition of the guitar (this is before he won it), and the seller told him the body had a few dings in it. He wound up getting the guitar, only to find a few interesting things:
first, the pickups aren't "parallel" with the body of the guitar, and I don't mean as in the bass side is higher than the trebles die, I mean they are slanted inwards into the body. I have a feeling the mounts are a little bent, which shouldn't be a problem.
Second, and this is the weird thing. The guy had 4 springs on the trem instead of the usual 3 (LO-TRS 7 trem by the way). So, we take the extra one out, set up the springs as they should be. The guitar has 9's on it, and we tune it up to E, and try to set up the spring tension accordingly. THe end result is that the spring screws are really close to the wood now to the point where we don't want to screw them in any further, but the bridge is still sticking up out of the body, as in the springs are not pulling enough. I've set up springs on my own trems billions of times, so I know it's not something we're doing wrong. This leads me to believe that maybe the springs are worn out? THat would be weird, because they haven't even been making this guitar for very long, the springs couldn't be old enough to be worn out...I think. Anyway, any insight would be appreciated. Glen?
Bobby
a good friend of mine just bought a 7 string S series guitar ( I forget what the model number is) off of someone on ebay. He emailed the guy about the condition of the guitar (this is before he won it), and the seller told him the body had a few dings in it. He wound up getting the guitar, only to find a few interesting things:
first, the pickups aren't "parallel" with the body of the guitar, and I don't mean as in the bass side is higher than the trebles die, I mean they are slanted inwards into the body. I have a feeling the mounts are a little bent, which shouldn't be a problem.
Second, and this is the weird thing. The guy had 4 springs on the trem instead of the usual 3 (LO-TRS 7 trem by the way). So, we take the extra one out, set up the springs as they should be. The guitar has 9's on it, and we tune it up to E, and try to set up the spring tension accordingly. THe end result is that the spring screws are really close to the wood now to the point where we don't want to screw them in any further, but the bridge is still sticking up out of the body, as in the springs are not pulling enough. I've set up springs on my own trems billions of times, so I know it's not something we're doing wrong. This leads me to believe that maybe the springs are worn out? THat would be weird, because they haven't even been making this guitar for very long, the springs couldn't be old enough to be worn out...I think. Anyway, any insight would be appreciated. Glen?
Bobby