I have an Ibanez GSA60. Every time I put some medium strings on it the bridge gets pulled way up. It's hard to tune because the bridge goes up and down according to how much tension is on it. Is there any way to fix this?
It's a problem that all guitars with vibrato units (tremolo, whammy bar, whatever else comes to mind) have to live with. The unit is simply a pivot, one side of which is held in place by the tension of the strings and and the other by springs, which are to be found in a cutout on the back of the guitar.
I can't see the guitar so I can't say whether you could balance out the extra tension from the heavier strings by adjusting the bar that holds the springs to the body or whether you ar going to need to add another spring.
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Thanks for the help. At least I have a starting point now. I wasn't really sure why it was happening.
Ibanez's little product manual actually has a useful instruction & picture for the various tremelo systems. My Rg320 came with an extra spring. Don't know if yours does. I stuck with the 9's on mine, but did have to tighten the tension a bit to be able to tune it. It was a breeze.
Roy
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My guitar did come with an extra spring but I cant find the binder that I put it in along with with that booklet and everything. My friend is gonna give me his extra, so hopefully it isn't incompatible or something. I did try adjusting the springs so that they would fit tighter but the bridge is still sticking half way up.
Anybody know if there are any problems with putting in a spring that didn't come with the guitar? I wouldn't think so, but this is the first time I've had to do anything with my guitar since I started playing a year and a half ago.
