Did you have all the strings off at once? The obvious thing is that you knocked the bridge wheels when you cleaned the guitar after taking the strings off. (If you didn’t clean the guitar you’re a manky fucker).
I did clean it, that's basically why I changed the strings. I had the bridge off, too - do I need to raise the whole thing?
It depends which thing you did. You’ll know if you put it back in back to front if the notches for the treble strings look too thick. That means they’re the ones that the bass strings should be resting on. If that’s the case, switch it back round.
It's probably the bridge still. A change in string tension and might need a neck adjustment. I generally have to fully set up my SG once a year (twice to be sure). I recently did it actually. My SG is always the hardest despite not having a bolt on.
Not touched it yet, will report back
I've been known to chuck a bit of cardboard (usually a bit of Rizla packet) under the string where it crosses the nut - my Overwater had a bit of a buzz problem because the E string was vibrating against the first fret, and that fixed it. Now it's had a service and a proper setup, the cardboard is no longer necessary.
It's strange. I wouldn't dream of arsing around with my acoustic instruments in that way, but it doesn't feel quite so sacrilegeous (to me) to do it to electric ones.
An Overwater bass is a high end example of crafted luthiership. It deserves respect and care. You philistine!It's strange. I wouldn't dream of arsing around with my acoustic instruments in that way, but it doesn't feel quite so sacrilegeous (to me) to do it to electric ones.
TBF, I have remedied the crime, now. And I've put flatwounds on it.
If you do, we want pics immediately!
My advice is play loads. Go into guitar shops and try different individual models out. They do differ instrument to instrument. And frankly sometimes a Les Paul Standard can play better. Custom Shop should be better, but that isn’t always the case.
This is my SG’s bridge. I’ve put Graph Tech graphite saddles on it to stop strings breaking there.
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I’ll have to ask my mate. They do look odd but really beef up the output. I had to do some serious messing with my amp settings to adjust from the original 3 weedy single coils
Do you know what the output was from the old ones and the new ones? Do you have a multi meter?
