I tweaked my tremelo bridge.

Seventhson

I adjusted the tremolo bridge and it helped with my fret being dead. And My strings have stoped rattling and stays in tune. Do you guys think what I did was the right thing. I have never done it before and does using a wammy alot un justs the bridge abit.

Bob-Dubery

You bought that guitar new from Music Connection, and quite recently. They have a very good guitar tech at that store.

If you are/were having these kinds of problems you should go back to the shop with a "snag list" and have a chat with them.

Seventhson

Should I. I fixed it.

Bob-Dubery

Well it's your guitar. But did you fix it or did you compensate for it?

Seventhson

X-rated Bob wrote Well it's your guitar. But did you fix it or did you compensate for it?

Forgive my dumbness but what do you mean compensate.

Bob-Dubery

I'll try to give an example to illustrate the problem.

Say I have an acoustic guitar and it's buzzing. Now there are several things that could be causing that problem - including the fact that humidity is way too low and the top has shrunk. Me being me I reach for the truss rod key, slacken off the rod a little and the buzz goes away.

Now I have eliminated the buzz but I haven't necessarily fixed the problem. Whatever it actually is may still be there. By slackening off the truss rod I have compensated for the problem, but that problem is not really fixed and the setup of my guitar is now compromised.

Seventhson

Maybe I have compensated. Do you think If I take it back they will charge me.

TomCat

Don't know if you had Music Connection do a full setup on the guit for you when you bought it but I highly recommend that you do that anyway. Any issues like the one you described would come to the fore and be rectified at the same time.

Whether you will be charged is unknown, depends on what you can negotiate when you take the guitar in. Anyway, the cost of a full setup is minimal and worth every cent spent.

Seventhson

They said they did a full set up. So I think they should do it for free.

Seventhson

I asked alan and he said if it plays fine it is fine.

Gearhead

Always go to the higher authority son. Always. Don't waste your time with the commoners and henchmen.

Riaan

Always go to the higher authority son. Always. Don't waste your time with the commoners and henchmen.

?....Always ask "who do you ask if you want to take some leave?". Go up the line until you get to the guy who says "no one, I take leave whenever I want to". That's the guy to talk to!

Seventhson

LOl. Well alan is a guitar wiz. I just was panicking.