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5.
Drill the holes in the neck with a 1/8” drill bit.
Make sure you don’t drill through the
fingerboard!
Temporarily attach the neck so you can locate the bridge. If the holes are tight, use some soap or wax
on the screw before hand and it will drill in easier. The last thing you want to do is snap the screw off in
the hole!
Installing the bridge
The mounting holes for the bridge are predrilled. Place the bridge in position and insert the 4 mounting
screws. Applying some wax to the screws will help them go in better.
Figure 1
Adjusting the saddles
Measure 25-1/2" from the nut (at the side closest to the bridge) to the point where the string stops
vibrating on the high E string saddle (break point). When the guitar is properly intonated, the length of
the high E-string is roughly the same as the scale length (figure 1). All the other strings are longer than
the actual scale length.
Installing the String Ferrules
