Hi all,
First post here - I'm the new owner of a 2018 Santana Retro. I'm actually the second owner, the first didn't bond with the guitar.
My query concerns the factory setup of the tremolo on this guitar. Do they ship with the bridge flush against the top? At the moment, mine is raised by perhaps .5cm - kind of like Jeff Beck would have on his Strat if that makes any sense.
From what I was told by the person who sold it to me, the previous owner put .011s on it and cranked the action up. The reseller put .010s and dropped the action a bit. I have no idea what the guitar was like from the factory.
Not too keen on the bridge like this, as there isn't a whole lot of downward movement on the trem, and I run into the usual issues with a floating bridge like bending strings and having open ringing strings go out of tune, warble etc.
First post here - I'm the new owner of a 2018 Santana Retro. I'm actually the second owner, the first didn't bond with the guitar.
My query concerns the factory setup of the tremolo on this guitar. Do they ship with the bridge flush against the top? At the moment, mine is raised by perhaps .5cm - kind of like Jeff Beck would have on his Strat if that makes any sense.
From what I was told by the person who sold it to me, the previous owner put .011s on it and cranked the action up. The reseller put .010s and dropped the action a bit. I have no idea what the guitar was like from the factory.
Not too keen on the bridge like this, as there isn't a whole lot of downward movement on the trem, and I run into the usual issues with a floating bridge like bending strings and having open ringing strings go out of tune, warble etc.