Positioning Bridge

The following steps require you to mark the guitar body. To avoid damaging the finish, place mask- ing tape on the guitar body and gently mark the tape.

Components and Hardware Needed:

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Guitar Body and Neck (Assembled)

1

Bridge

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To position the bridge:

 

1.Place a 36" long straightedge over the center of the fretboard inlays and over the body, so it aligns with the strap button hole, then mark the center line on the guitar body (Figure 13).

Strap

Button

Hole

Figure 13. Marking center line.

—If the strap button hole is not pre-drilled, or you do not want to use the strap button hole as a center line marker, place a ruler across the body at several locations and mark the center line.

2.Using the straightedge, measure 34" from the fretboard side of the nut slot (Figure 14) along the center line to the bridge point (Figure 15), and mark this location on the guitar.

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Nut

Slot

Figure 14. Example of measuring 34" from nut

along center line.

Set

Bridge

Screw

Pickup

 

Cavity

134"

 

Bridge Point

 

Lower Saddle Adj. Screw

 

Figure 15. Bridge point, and lower G string

saddle adjustment screw.

3.Place the bridge on the body so it is approxi- mately 13/4" from the bridge pickup cavity and align it with the center line, as shown in Figure 15.

4.Using a Phillips head screwdriver, turn the G string saddle adjustment screw so the set screws shown in Figure 15 are centered over the bridge point.

5.Using a Phillips head screwdriver, turn the lower saddle adjustment screw so the set screws shown in Figure 15 are centered over the bridge point.

6.Mark the bridge mounting holes.

7.Using a 3/32" bit, drill the five bridge mounting holes 7/8" deep.

H8180/H8181 Bass Guitar Kit

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Grizzly H8181 owner manual Positioning Bridge, To position the bridge

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