Trouble setting up Flying V for D-Standard

[Snuskhumriken]

So yesterday i got myself a Tokai Flying V, great guitar feels great etc etc but after putting on some fatter strings (11-54s) and detuning to D-standard, i can't get the treble strings to intonate. i push the saddles all the way back from the neck and the fretted tones are STILL sharp. i tried lowering the bridge now, it intonates now but there is a fretbuzz overload, should i try to slack of the trussrod a bit and keep the low action on the bridge for it to intonate? i feel totally clueless atm, any advice is much welcome. :?:

 

[Demanic]

Re: Trouble setting up Flying V for D-Standard

You could try loosening the truss rod. Go easy though, an 8 th to a 4th of a turn at a time. Then give the neck a day to settle in.

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[Snuskhumriken]

Re: Trouble setting up Flying V for D-Standard

Tried it out and we'll see, i don't feel alot like handing it in to somebody to redrill the bridge-holes just a day after purchasing it. thanks.

 

[El Supremo]

Re: Trouble setting up Flying V for D-Standard

You could try reverse installing the saddles to get a little more string length. Worked for me when I had an ABR bridge on my Les Paul.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Trouble setting up Flying V for D-Standard

You might also look for a replacement bridge that offers a longer adjustment range. I think the old Schaller harmonica-style bridges had twice the travel of the regular Gibson-style.

If not, hey, there's a market for someone with machinist skills.

 

[Snuskhumriken]

Re: Trouble setting up Flying V for D-Standard

You might also look for a replacement bridge that offers a longer adjustment range. I think the old Schaller harmonica-style bridges had twice the travel of the regular Gibson-style.

If not, hey, there's a market for someone with machinist skills.

Checked out the harmonica-style bridges, they seem neat. Does it require any major surgeries to install it instead of my tune-o-matic? I read that i need to redrill the holes if i were to go the other way around.
cheers.

 

[blueman335]

Re: Trouble setting up Flying V for D-Standard

You could try reverse installing the saddles to get a little more string length. Worked for me when I had an ABR bridge on my Les Paul.

I've had to do that on a few guitars, and now just automatically reverse the saddles on the D and G strings on every tune-o-matic to give me a little extra travel. If I don't need it right away, I may later when the season's change.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Trouble setting up Flying V for D-Standard

Checked out the harmonica-style bridges, they seem neat. Does it require any major surgeries to install it instead of my tune-o-matic? I read that i need to redrill the holes if i were to go the other way around.
cheers.

Can't say. The one I had came on the guitar from the factory. If the inserts are different, you can see about having a local machine shop make you a set of hybrid posts. I've got a set of Gotoh tuneomatic posts where the top pegs were shaved down to fit a USA Gibson bridge.