Downtuned Jazzmaster

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Downtuned Jazzmaster

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A few days ago I tuned my Jazzmaster down to C# and I've been really enjoying it, but now the tension from the strings doesnt match the tension in the tailpiece, and i havent opened that up in a while so i dont remember how it all works down there but I also don't wanna fuck shit up real bad. The spring, is there a screw that I can loosen up a bit to match the string tension? or should I bump my string gauge up from 11s to maybe 12s. I dont wanna go too high on string gauge because I really like the low tension.
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This is a fairly good guide on setting up the tremolo: http://offset.guitars/the-goodies/setti ... lo-system/
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oh fuck yeah i forgot about that, thanks!
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you know what? you're right although if it was thursday i'd be tearing your asshole a new dimension if you know what i mean
Doog wrote:Tone is stored in the balls
theshadowofseattle wrote:That's why there's two: one for pee, one for tone.
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