Recent content by Rich14

Yes. I had no string or spring tension when I raised those screws to get the bridge to 1/16".

Gush - I always loosen the string I'm intonating before turning the the screws. No tension on the screw at all while turning. Boogie - I've kept the bridge parallel to the top while making these adjustments. The Low E saddle just runs out of room as I've described. I've now set the bridge to...

Thanks andy474x. I'm going to leave the bridge height alone. I've got plenty of trem action as is. Since that post, I've put the fourth spring on the tremolo. Now, the tuning seems stable with use of the trem. I had to go back and forth quite a bit, especially with the high E, and tremolo...

Yeah. I have been going to the gym and bulking up. I knew that when I started to break the high E on my acoustic base that I was overdoing it. I'll cut back a bit.

I've had my SE Standard for a little over a year and had never used the tremolo feature of the bridge until recently. So I had never really paid much attention to it. Now that I have started to use it, I've noticed that it floats just a skosh more than 1/32" above the guitar body, maybe 3/64". I...

Thanks everyone for all the advice. As I explained, I have had this problem on multiple guitars and the frets of my SE are smooth, so I have to conclude it's my technique. As far as the way I am applying bends, I think I'm doing it correctly (obviously not) and I'm now trying to push down...

Just behind the fret.

AP515 - Guess I'll have to carefully watch my downward pressure on the frets. I actually have both problems - trying to play fast, I often lift the string when trying to bend, rather than getting a clean note. Boogie - Yeah, but I'm using the best chainmail gloves I could find . . . Ovibos -...

I apologize . . . this is another of those, "I'm breaking my high E string, what's wrong?" posts. I'm using a PRS SE standard, which came with 9s. My mileage varied with those, but practicing doing whole note bends, I routinely found myself breaking the high E right at the fret on which I was...

What a great forum! Thanks everyone for all the advice. I'll keep practicing with 9s, 9.5s and learn to stop brutalizing them. Gotta unlearn that acoustic death grip. Rich

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum. And new to PRS guitars. I've wanted one for a long time and now I have an SE 24 standard. Had it for a week. Great instrument. Love it. I've played acoustic most of my life, just "messed around" with electric. Now I'm getting' serious! Over the years, I'd...