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Old March 4th, 2008, 12:03 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Highway One Bridge is Crooked

I noticed that the trem on my '07 Highway One Strat ('06 upgrade) is mounted slightly askew. The bass side of the bridge is closer to the neck, so from the back the treble side of the trem block is closer to the back wall of the trem cavity - makes it tricky to fit a temporary block for setups since a 1/4" piece of wood jams in the treble side but is loose on the bass side (that’s the size to get the bridge floating 1/8"). You can almost notice it by the gap on the pickguard.

I can't be sure if there's just one screw off position, or if the line of screws are drilled wrong. The saddle intonation adjustments are clearly enough to overcome the mal-postitioning, but I wonder if the trem action is compromised.

I have already put a lot of work into this axe, including buffing the body, rubbing out the neck finish, grind and polish on the frets, new pickguard/pickups/controls.

Any thoughts??
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