
Originally Posted by
Simon Barden
Yes. 1-2 mm below the top of the saddle would be OK, but as you need to add on 1mm for the post insert rim you are going to end up with an action that is less than ideal.
The only ‘easy’ solution I know of would to be to fit a Göldo Lowrider bridge, which is about 4mm lower overall and what I ended up fitting on my ES-1. But they only seem to be available in Europe at a small number of outlets (it’s quite a niche item, so whilstva lot of places carry their other hardware, this item is often missing), and they use 4mm posts, so you need to fit thread adapters as well. Which makes it quite an expensive upgrade to fix a kit problem. Not prohibitive, from around €38, but you need to add on shipping and you need to find a supplier that will ship to Australia rather than just within Europe. I found they are often out of stock. But it is a quality bridge. Göldo are the hardware arm of Duesenberg Guitars, so they also make all those lovely Duesenberg trem systems.