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davebelcher98 · June 9th, 2009, 04:16 PM

ArmyGreenKustom,

I haven't taken the neck off yet, but my guess would be not.

Mellecaster,

Yeah, Low E string and High E string are intonated where they are -- the low E is at about 25 3/4 while the High E is at about 25 5/8!

Boris,

This is not a string through body -- I have been in contact with the guy I bought it from (to the point of losing all patience now) waiting for him to contact the original "builder" -- no luck on that end yet. Thanks for the info, especially on the graphtech -- I wasn't aware of a different string array on those. Will the Graphtechs not work on that bridge at all with that string array? I hope to God I can still return them if not! The meanest thing I'm getting right now is crazy buzz at 9th fret D string. The frets could use some work, but they're not overly scorched -- the 5th and 6th A string fret area's worse.

The problem with this guitar is that it sounded fantastic before I put the graphtech's on (it has definitely thinned out -- though I also stuck 9s on it this time to see how they'd feel)...I mean, one of the best sounding tele's I may have ever played. But, I was having those issues with the bottom high E string saddle screw pulling out, and just a little bit of unnatural buzz from the D and the A strings, so I thought replacing saddles might be the best option...perhaps not.

Any thoughts on where I should go next with this? Should I cut my losses and try returning this to the guy I bought it from? I paid $250 for it, so for the amazing tone of the instrument and the pickups, I'd really rather not, but I can't live with a guitar that I can't setup without loads of money and that won't be properly intonated (still can't get the D string intonated where it's set -- perhaps I need to go ahead and move my E string saddles to 25 1/2 scale length and adjust others from there?...I don't see how this would work for me, though, seeing as the E strings are properly intonated where they are).

Thanks so much for all of your replies with my headache here.

June 9th, 2009, 04:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
davebelcher98 TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN Age: 29 Posts: 88	ArmyGreenKustom, I haven't taken the neck off yet, but my guess would be not. Mellecaster, Yeah, Low E string and High E string are intonated where they are -- the low E is at about 25 3/4 while the High E is at about 25 5/8! Boris, This is not a string through body -- I have been in contact with the guy I bought it from (to the point of losing all patience now) waiting for him to contact the original "builder" -- no luck on that end yet. Thanks for the info, especially on the graphtech -- I wasn't aware of a different string array on those. Will the Graphtechs not work on that bridge at all with that string array? I hope to God I can still return them if not! The meanest thing I'm getting right now is crazy buzz at 9th fret D string. The frets could use some work, but they're not overly scorched -- the 5th and 6th A string fret area's worse. The problem with this guitar is that it sounded fantastic before I put the graphtech's on (it has definitely thinned out -- though I also stuck 9s on it this time to see how they'd feel)...I mean, one of the best sounding tele's I may have ever played. But, I was having those issues with the bottom high E string saddle screw pulling out, and just a little bit of unnatural buzz from the D and the A strings, so I thought replacing saddles might be the best option...perhaps not. Any thoughts on where I should go next with this? Should I cut my losses and try returning this to the guy I bought it from? I paid $250 for it, so for the amazing tone of the instrument and the pickups, I'd really rather not, but I can't live with a guitar that I can't setup without loads of money and that won't be properly intonated (still can't get the D string intonated where it's set -- perhaps I need to go ahead and move my E string saddles to 25 1/2 scale length and adjust others from there?...I don't see how this would work for me, though, seeing as the E strings are properly intonated where they are). Thanks so much for all of your replies with my headache here.