Baby Grand Experianced People?

[verhoevenc]

Hey, since the hipshot baby grand has some much le-way in how you can not only adjust the saddles, but the actual orientation of the bridge on the posts where would be the best place to put the post holes? On the 25" mark as usual (25" scale neck), or a little further closer to the neck or away from it? and how much if so?

Chris

[Mattia]

Have you got a guitar strung up, 25" scale, strings you want to use? Measure that to work it out.

Personally, I'd do the usual trick: saddles all the way forward, that line on the scale length, adjust accordingly. Annoyingly StewMac doesn't have this bridge in the fret scale calculator program thing. Maybe worth asking them to add it?

[verhoevenc]

Ok.... here's a little delima.... I even called hipshot and their guy was like "I really don't kow where you should place the posts..." how unhelpful is that!? I mean they make it for god's sake? So yeah, still lookin' for info on this guys...

Chris

[Mattia]

..what's wrong with the 'usual' way of placing a bridge as described above? I mean, really?

[verhoevenc]

Merely cause if I can get an exact measurement... then why not? Either way, stewmac ended up telling me that I should do it exactly like a tune-omatic:

"25.061" (±0.030") from nut to center of treble-side post. Mount bass-side post 1/16"-1/8" further from the nut."

Chris

[verhoevenc]

I did mattia's suggestion and just measured everything myself. Put them all the way forward, had that ON the 25" mark, then traced out where they should go, etc. They're about 1/8" behind the 25" mark. Just in case anyone else wants to know..,.

Chris

[JohnA]

Hey, I just bought one of these! Let me know how it turns out.

Edited February 10, 2006 by JohnA