I posted this over on talkbass, but then realized I might have better luck over here...
I've got this old ('73ish) short scale Guild JS-1 which was my first bass. I haven't been using it a lot in recent years as it's kind of a one trick pony sound-wise - but I realized it would be ok for the playing in church I do. So, thought I'd drag it out and fix a couple of it's warts. Made a new nut for it and put a set of GHS flatwounds on to turn it into a real thump monster.
Anyway, while setting it up, I found the intonation was a little off on some of the strings. No big deal, right? But on the D string, there's only so much motion of the saddle available as if you try to move it back past a point, the saddle runs into 1 of the 2 allen head screws that adjust the bridge height. I can't get it dialed in as it needs to slide back further than the bridge design will allow.
This is the old style hagstrom bridge with the wood saddles. Has anybody run into this? It's not clear to me I have any options other than changing the bridge or drilling holes which I'd rather not do on an otherwise clean vintage piece.
Thanks.
I've got this old ('73ish) short scale Guild JS-1 which was my first bass. I haven't been using it a lot in recent years as it's kind of a one trick pony sound-wise - but I realized it would be ok for the playing in church I do. So, thought I'd drag it out and fix a couple of it's warts. Made a new nut for it and put a set of GHS flatwounds on to turn it into a real thump monster.
Anyway, while setting it up, I found the intonation was a little off on some of the strings. No big deal, right? But on the D string, there's only so much motion of the saddle available as if you try to move it back past a point, the saddle runs into 1 of the 2 allen head screws that adjust the bridge height. I can't get it dialed in as it needs to slide back further than the bridge design will allow.
This is the old style hagstrom bridge with the wood saddles. Has anybody run into this? It's not clear to me I have any options other than changing the bridge or drilling holes which I'd rather not do on an otherwise clean vintage piece.
Thanks.