Raising the action on a 1965 Mustang

Doug

I'm trying to raise the action on my 1965 (vintage) Mustang. I looked at the bridge and on either end of the bridge saw shiny round "heads" with little holes in them. The holes appear to be round; I gently tried an allen wrench in the holes and it fit snugly as if it's the right gauge but just spun freely.

Rather than fumble around like this, I'll wait for guidance from someone who knows for sure.

Cheers,

redman1401

Use an allen wrench in the two holes at the sides of the bridge, just make sure you're going in the right direction, you'll know when its adjusting.

Doug

redman1401 said:

Use an allen wrench in the two holes at the sides of the bridge, just make sure you're going in the right direction, you'll know when its adjusting.

So I was doing the right thing? ...either the wrench was too small or the sockets are stripped?

redman1401

Doug said:

So I was doing the right thing? ...either the wrench was too small or the sockets are stripped?

Yea that's the right way to adjust it. I don't know if it was stripped or not as i can't see it, but if you're able to take the strings off and take the bridge out, you can check by seeing how the grub screws come out at the bottom or if they just drop out.

Doug

redman1401 said:

Yea that's the right way to adjust it. I don't know if it was stripped or not as i can't see it, but if you're able to take the strings off and take the bridge out, you can check by seeing how the grub screws come out at the bottom or if they just drop out.

Thanks for the tips, redman. I'll check it out, take the strings off, and see if taking the bridge off is intuitive...I'm not a techy guitarist and have never tinkered with my guitars. So hte idea of removing the bridge is a bit daunting as I sit here at my laptop. And when you refer to "grub screws", I'm not sure I'll know one when I see it... 😕

But I'm game to try. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks!

Doug

redman1401

Doug said:

Thanks for the tips, redman. I'll check it out, take the strings off, and see if taking the bridge off is intuitive...I'm not a techy guitarist and have never tinkered with my guitars. So hte idea of removing the bridge is a bit daunting as I sit here at my laptop. And when you refer to "grub screws", I'm not sure I'll know one when I see it... 😕

But I'm game to try. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks!

Doug

you'll recognize them, the bridge just comes right out, but you'll see two black screws coming out of the two posts, those just push into the bridge thimbles to raise and lower it, you'll see them right away.