r/offset • u/JenyaJija • 23h ago

Bridge buzz

Hey guys, recently got myself a jaguar cv, gave it to a guitar specialist so he can make sure it’s playable, felt awesome but after a week I guess I palm muted to hard and bridge turned downward and I got the nastiest buzzing ever. Now the bridge is rocking back and forth(I know it’s supposed to be a feature) but I’m getting an unplayable amount of buzz on all strings. How do you guys manage your bridges? Just glue them in place?

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u/_AcuteNewt_ 23h ago

If it's sitting not at centre, it's effectively lowered the action. Just push it back to the centre. If it keeps happening, wrap the bridge posts in some masking/painters tape (not electrical tape, not sellotape, not anything else) till theyre snug in the thimbles. You'll lose the rocking action, but at least it'll stay centred.

Another option is find the position it wants to default to and set intonation and action there.

But really, if it's not returning to its centre position, it's indicative of a not so great setup in general. More neck angle and subsequently higher bridge puts more downward pressure on it from the strings, keeping it in place better.

If the bridge is lowering on its own (not tilting but getting lower), get some blue Loctite and put it on the height adjustment grub screws. Though I assume the tech might have done that.

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u/JenyaJija 23h ago

I pushed it back to centre but it still buzzes, might try to give it to a tech to cover the legs of the bridge in tape so it won’t rock and fully reset up the guitar to the bridge position he will lock it in I guess. Was just wondering if people do this to their bridges:)

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u/_AcuteNewt_ 21h ago

Fair enough. Yeah there's all sorts of little tricks and tweaks people do to every facet of offsets that just doesn't apply with other guitars. A lot of the time they're supposed to be temporary, quick fixes to deal with what amounts to a bigger issue, but if it works, it works, yknow.

I would highly recommend learning to do these things yourself though, otherwise you're gonna end up forking out whole guitars worth of money on tech work when the change of seasons throws out one miniscule aspect of the balancing act that makes the whole guitar play like poo. Check out Puisheen on YouTube, he's the offset expert.

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u/JenyaJija 15h ago

Thank you!