OH NO...I screwed up...HELP!

[Codswallop1]

I took my JT-6 apart the other night to give it a good cleaning and lube it. It wasn't until I was putting it back together that I noticed the 6 string lock screws (that lock the strings into the saddle) were 3 different lengths (2 of each length). I don't remember reading anywhere about this nor could I find anything on the internet. Can anyone help me with which length cap screw goes where? :dunno:

I promise I will never make this mistake again.

[modelseriesman]

Post a pic along with the measured lengths of all three screws.

[Axewielder]

They should all be the same length so a previous owner probably replaced some of them with non original parts. It shouldn't matter which screws the saddles are paired with. You can buy a set of 6 matching replicas at fretsonthenet.

[xenophobe]

Lay the trem down and lay all the screws in order as they would go in. Put the longer screws in the saddles that are closest to the pivot point / trem stud, and put all the shortest screws in the saddles that are closest to the fine tuners. Problem solved.

[Codswallop1]

I've owned the guitar since new, so no one has changed screws. I just found this in the original JT-6 instruction manual. Yep, 3 different lengths...but not where they go.

[modelseriesman]

Longest lock both E strings, then the two shortest inside them (A & B), lastly the mediums D & G.

Dunno why. Just pulled a few apart for ya.

[RacerX]

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[Axewielder]

Well I'll be damned, I just checked one of my spares and it does have different length screws. I either never noticed that before, or maybe I forgot. I wonder what the logic behind that is?? :think:

[Vass]

Longest lock both E strings, then the two shortest inside them (A & B), lastly the mediums D & G.

Dunno why. Just pulled a few apart for ya.

That was pretty solid, dude. Class move.

[axmann]

I agree. Thats why this is the place.

[modelseriesman]

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714-986-8999

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[Codswallop1]

Many thanks to all that responded!

I'm with Axewielder...I never noticed the length difference before or heard anyone ever mention it. Could be because I've never fully disassembled my JT-6 before...but you would think by now it would be common knowledge. Live and learn!

[Dreamland_Rebel]

Shortest on Low E and G. Then staggering. i.e. the next shortest on A and B and the longest on D and High E.
This way they appear to be all the same length while the saddles themselves are staggered High E and D closest to the neck, B and A back further, and G and Low E back the farthest.