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As for the rattles you might find that your strings are touching the domed screw heads on the trem unit??
A Staytrem or Mastery bridge fixes #2 completely, and #1 mostly. Or for a cheaper solution, graphtech saddles work really nicely, but don't look as nice.
And @ICBM is convinced the standard bridge is fine with fettling, but this is in fact the one area where he is wrong. You *can* make the standard bridge work with some nail polish and a shim and thicker strings if you can bear them, but it's not worth it imo.
And have to agree about the buzzstop, they are hideous
+1 for the Staytrem bridge. I can see what Leo was thinking when he designed the original bridge, but you don't need to be able to change the radius on a bridge unless you change the radius on the neck (unlikely). The Staytrem is a well-engineered solution to many problems - there are less things to work loose (individual saddle height adjusters), and other things that can work loose (the overall height adjusters) are prevented from working loose.
Srsly, just get one.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
add to that a slightly higher action and heavier strings to create a better break angle
In many ways the Jag and Jazz were never designed to be played how we like them today, so vintage replicas possess such 'faults' - whereas classic player variations that Fender and companies like Fano adopt, work better for more 'modern' styles
Cheers for the tip about replacement saddles too
Thanks very much all - much appreciated!
I reckon a jazzmaster could take 12s easily and a jag possibly a set of 14s
I recently played a friends early 90s AVRI Jazzmaster and it was simply a glorious guitar. It was completely stock too, just well set up with heavy strings. There was no rattle, buzz or string slippage.
As an aside, has anyone tried Kilopoise (or similar) hard grease on JM saddle/bridge screws? I used to use the stuff on laser mirror tuning gimbals. It's incredibly viscous stuff. The idea is that a screw will only move if you adjust it. It cannot move due to vibration. If it's enough to keep a laser in tune, it should easily be good enough for a guitar.
I said maybe.....