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[quote name='mentalextra' post='1293910' date='Jul 5 2011, 08:37 PM']Just when my j bass upgrade was going well. I was adjusting the intonation on my new bridge and I have stripped the thread on the G-string saddle. Not sure if it is the screw or saddle but the screw looks in good shape. Gutted! :)[/quote]
If you can get the saddle & screw apart any half-decent metal-worker/engineers should be able to retap it for you for pennies. Take the screw with you too. It'll weaken it a bit so you'll have to be careful from then on, but I reckon you will be anyway.

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Dount it will be the grub screw as that will be a harder metal.

As with all these things..it is the quality of the metal that counts.

A retap might work..but expect the hole to be bigger.. you might have to get the sadle made up from new..

Looks like a Fender bridge so you may have to look at another bridge. I'd think Badass there, IMO.

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[quote name='cycrowave' post='1295509' date='Jul 7 2011, 12:30 AM']you contacted the seller? doesent really sound like excessive use, id also for a replacement personally[/quote]
Hmm don't know if it's the sellers fault. Those parts are all to often prone to "melt" in inexperienced hands.... and the OP has admitted to stripping it whilst setting the intonation ie. while it was under tension.

+1 for buying a replacement.
Sell the busted one as parts to help pay for your new one.... and be careful next time. :)

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[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1295750' date='Jul 7 2011, 10:49 AM']+1 for buying a replacement.
Sell the busted one as parts to help pay for your new one.... and be careful next time. :)[/quote]

Or keep the busted one for parts in case it happens again :-)

If that's a Wilkinson bridge they arent expensive to replace but it look more like a Hipshot, not cheap. I would have expected it be a bit more durable.
Maybe it might be cheaper to buy a Wilkinson and use the bits needed, if they fit.

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[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1295750' date='Jul 7 2011, 10:49 AM']Hmm don't know if it's the sellers fault. Those parts are all to often prone to "melt" in inexperienced hands.... and the OP has admitted to stripping it whilst setting the intonation ie. while it was under tension.

+1 for buying a replacement.
Sell the busted one as parts to help pay for your new one.... and be careful next time. :)[/quote]
Yep, wrong size allen keys in the wrong hands. Imperial / metric confusion perhaps?

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[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1295750' date='Jul 7 2011, 10:49 AM']Hmm don't know if it's the sellers fault. Those parts are all to often prone to "melt" in inexperienced hands.... and the OP has admitted to stripping it whilst setting the intonation ie. while it was under tension.

+1 for buying a replacement.
Sell the busted one as parts to help pay for your new one.... and be careful next time. :)[/quote]


Well, I could have lied and said it arrived like that! :) What amazes me is that as someone who sells used cars for a living. If I offered a 7 day no return warranty regardless I would be "inside" by now. Im in the wrong business!

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[quote name='silddx' post='1295887' date='Jul 7 2011, 12:55 PM']Yep, wrong size allen keys in the wrong hands. Imperial / metric confusion perhaps?[/quote]

Wouldn't that just possibly damage the head or slot rather than the thread?

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[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1296088' date='Jul 7 2011, 03:47 PM']Wouldn't that just possibly damage the head or slot rather than the thread?[/quote]
Yeah, I think I misunderstood and thought he meant the height adjust grub. Lot of people strip those with the wrong allen keys.

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