Need help with Hipshot Standard B bender install

TeleDon · September 25th, 2006, 09:33 PM

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Keifer · September 25th, 2006, 10:10 PM

Take the bridge off the guitar & drill a small hole in the back end of the bridge as low as you can to the base of the bridge for the string to pass through. Accuracy counts for lining up the string properly. Hipshot kit will have a small piece of teflon tubing that goes in this hole and the string passes through it (that way it doesn't rub on metal and create a breaking point from friction). Since you've already modified the bridge with a 'dremel' this may be hard to do, but you need the hole as low as you can get it to assure there is some downward pressure as the string crosses the bridge. Here's hoping you haven't already screwed up the bridge plate by grinding on it. If you can't get a hole drilled, try cutting a notch all the way down to the base metal. I have always drilled a hole(s) & am not totally certain that the notch will work. but I believe it will. I've been using Hipshot for more than 10 years and thought that the instructions detailed this.

TeleDon · September 25th, 2006, 10:34 PM

Now that I have ground it out - I then read the instructions.
What a dope - I feel so dumb. You know how most guys (at least me - this time) try to make things work and then read the instructions later. Jeez - I feel dumb.
I will take the bridge off and try to drill the 7/64 hole in it like the instructions clearly state.

Thanks!

Don

September 25th, 2006, 09:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
TeleDon TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Springfield IL Age: 44 Posts: 35	Need help with Hipshot Standard B bender install ...

September 25th, 2006, 10:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Keifer Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 565	Take the bridge off the guitar & drill a small hole in the back end of the bridge as low as you can to the base of the bridge for the string to pass through. Accuracy counts for lining up the string properly. Hipshot kit will have a small piece of teflon tubing that goes in this hole and the string passes through it (that way it doesn't rub on metal and create a breaking point from friction). Since you've already modified the bridge with a 'dremel' this may be hard to do, but you need the hole as low as you can get it to assure there is some downward pressure as the string crosses the bridge. Here's hoping you haven't already screwed up the bridge plate by grinding on it. If you can't get a hole drilled, try cutting a notch all the way down to the base metal. I have always drilled a hole(s) & am not totally certain that the notch will work. but I believe it will. I've been using Hipshot for more than 10 years and thought that the instructions detailed this. __________________ Electric:Teles, Strats, pedal steel Acoustic:dobro, 5-string banjo, mandolin

September 25th, 2006, 10:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
TeleDon TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Springfield IL Age: 44 Posts: 35	Now that I have ground it out - I then read the instructions. What a dope - I feel so dumb. You know how most guys (at least me - this time) try to make things work and then read the instructions later. Jeez - I feel dumb. I will take the bridge off and try to drill the 7/64 hole in it like the instructions clearly state. Thanks! Don