I changed the strings on my Jackson Dinky JS11. Normally I use light gauge, but this time I went with medium. After tuning it and noticing the difference in thickness, the bridge is on a sharp angle, and the whammy bar couldn’t even swivel past the volume knob.

I tried loosening the two bridge screws which helped a bit and raised it to be less sharp of an angle, but it also raised the action considerably. At least the whammy bar can swivel freely. But the amount I can “wham” seems less than before, too. (Pictures are after this adjustment)

Is there a way to get the back end of the bridge downward so it is more “even”? That would reduce some of the action and give me more whammy room?

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    1 year ago

    Youtube told me they were, but yeah I agree they aren’t correct for my problem. PS I loosened them because after putting on the new strings and tuning, the bridge was sharply pointed downward toward the pickups, almost digging into the body.

    I did take off the back plate and tightened the two screws attached to the spring mechanism, as tight as they would go without stripping. That didn’t make too much of a difference unfortunately.

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        1 year ago

        That seems like the root cause of this issue. I’ll try downtuning and see if I can live with it that way before resorting to changing strings again. Thanks for your help