Mark's PRS-1H Buid

[Bakersdozen]

Just sizing up the pup mounting rings for correct orientation. Before I scrape the binding again for the final time.

[kuanjb]

Just sizing up the pup mounting rings for correct orientation. Before I scrape the binding again for the final time.

I see you bought a new bridge. Looks like it might be the same one I bought off eBay. How's the pickup rings on your kit?

For mine the rings don't sit very well, particularly the neck ring. Swapping the rings actually made them sit better. Not sure if I should bend them when I screw them on or try and modify the arch to better fit.

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[Bakersdozen]

I see you bought a new bridge. Looks like it might be the same one I bought off eBay. How's the pickup rings on your kit?

For mine the rings don't sit very well, particularly the neck ring. Swapping the rings actually made them sit better. Not sure if I should bend them when I screw them on or try and modify the arch to better fit.

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The bridge ring sits perfectly and you're right, the neck ring will need to be bent a little to make a snug fit. I may play with the arch a little on the bridge side, but I think it will look fine once the neck is installed. Will most likely need to raise the pup a fair bit out of the ring tho, we will see when strings are on and the action is sorted out.

Yep, I got the musiclily adjustable wrap around bridge. I wanted single string adjustment instead of the pre-intonated one from the kit. It's nice and chunky and looks pretty smart I rekon.

Was also toying up with a string thru idea and this bridge could have potentially been used for that. I don't think I will on this build tho anymore.

[Marcel]

The bridge ring sits perfectly and you're right, the neck ring will need to be bent a little to make a snug fit. I may play with the arch a little on the bridge side, but I think it will look fine once the neck is installed. Will most likely need to raise the pup a fair bit out of the ring tho, we will see when strings are on and the action is sorted out.

Yep, I got the musiclily adjustable wrap around bridge. I wanted single string adjustment instead of the pre-intonated one from the kit. It's nice and chunky and looks pretty smart I rekon.

Was also toying up with a string thru idea and this bridge could have potentially been used for that. I don't think I will on this build tho anymore.

I got one of those Musiclily bridges and couldn't use it on my PRS-1H build as it sat too high. Even with the posts wound all the way in my action at the 12th fret was still 4mm.

Sadly as an experiment I tried the same bridge on my PRS SE245 and got a similar result. Both my guitars currently sport the fixed intonation bridges and the adjustable bridge sits in my parts box...