String spacing on the Mascis Jazzmaster
- Astrovanallen
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String spacing on the Mascis Jazzmaster
It’s bothered me since I bought it, but I’ve just dealt with the fact that my Mascis Jazzmaster has an issue with the high and low e string being too close to the edge of the neck in comparison to other guitars I’ve owned. I swapped the strings to 11’s which still seem really slinky to me, to possibly help the issue but it hasn’t made much of a difference and I’m periodically bending those strings right off the neck. Does anyone have any recommendations? Do I need to just change the bridge? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Re: String spacing on the Mascis Jazzmaster
The Mascis uses an Adjustomatic bridge, right?
My $0.02 is to pick up a replacement with slightly narrower string spacing, or cut some grooves that are a bit narrower (if there's none currently there, which I've seen a few times).
My $0.02 is to pick up a replacement with slightly narrower string spacing, or cut some grooves that are a bit narrower (if there's none currently there, which I've seen a few times).
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Re: String spacing on the Mascis Jazzmaster
Yep, on a TOM you can just file down the existing notches and make new ones spaced however you like.
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Re: String spacing on the Mascis Jazzmaster
You don't even need to buy a new TOM, you can just get the saddles which are even cheaper to replace.Astrovanallen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 7:10 pmFree and simple. If I screw it up, I can just buy another Tom. That’s a really great idea, thanks to the both of you.
Glad you found it helpful
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