Rich
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Just ran into an issue where I'm finding that Babicz Full contact tele bridge and Warmoth tele neck pocket depth just isn't quite right. I'm not getting the height I need at the saddles and the strings are laying on the fret board from 12 on out, especially at the three middle strings. Set to the highest possible saddle settings, only the 1st, 2nd and 6th string are high enough.
I've skimmed through the inter webs and found a few cats running into these problems. Claiming "higher profile ecam saddles" were the solution. I contacted Babicz (great customer service btw) and they sent out three of these so called "higher profile saddles" and they are the exact same. In fact, from
What I can tell, there is literally NO WAY the current design will allow for any "different" cam to make a difference. The ecam saddles are only going to be ONE circumference, and will only ever sit inside the same saddle risers anyway, therefore there simply isn't anyway to get the string higher, no matter the design.
Now there are a few options:
Riser plate between the bridge and body
Shim the neck at the neck pocket towards the headstock side
Sand/remove material at the neck pocket to allow neck to set deeper.
I'd prefer the neck pocket option but what method would insure keeping the neck pocket flush and flat, without changing anything other than depth?
Open to suggestions and just thought I'd save a lot of people some trouble towards the setting up phase of their builds.
I've skimmed through the inter webs and found a few cats running into these problems. Claiming "higher profile ecam saddles" were the solution. I contacted Babicz (great customer service btw) and they sent out three of these so called "higher profile saddles" and they are the exact same. In fact, from
What I can tell, there is literally NO WAY the current design will allow for any "different" cam to make a difference. The ecam saddles are only going to be ONE circumference, and will only ever sit inside the same saddle risers anyway, therefore there simply isn't anyway to get the string higher, no matter the design.
Now there are a few options:
Riser plate between the bridge and body
Shim the neck at the neck pocket towards the headstock side
Sand/remove material at the neck pocket to allow neck to set deeper.
I'd prefer the neck pocket option but what method would insure keeping the neck pocket flush and flat, without changing anything other than depth?
Open to suggestions and just thought I'd save a lot of people some trouble towards the setting up phase of their builds.