While upgrading the bridge is the best option and it will make the guitar play a lot better, there is a way to get rid of the rattle. It might not be exactly "good practice", but it has worked for me in a pinch.
Grab a flat bladed screwdriver or something similar and kink the retainer wire in between the screws. Like this
Start with the saddles that are loose and work out from there. Try not to go too hard though.
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Originally Posted by pablopepper
While upgrading the bridge is the best option and it will make the guitar play a lot better, there is a way to get rid of the rattle. It might not be exactly "good practice", but it has worked for me in a pinch.
Grab a flat bladed screwdriver or something similar and kink the retainer wire in between the screws. Like this
Start with the saddles that are loose and work out from there. Try not to go too hard though.
I used to do the same thing with the bridge on an Epiphone SG that I used to own before moving to Darwin in 2000, if you loose the wire retainer clip you can easily make a new one from an old unwound G-String, the saddles on the Nashville bridge on my LP studio guitar are a bit loose too, I managed to tighten them up a bit by bending the saddle screw retainer clips but they still move forwards and back, later on this year I'm going to go all-out and replace the existing bridge with one of those Chrome Babicz ones, haven't tried them before so it'll be interesting to see what results I get.
Mines all sorted doc turned it around and all sweet
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