Just a little tip if (like me) you are a perennial tinkerer. The small height adjustment screws on bridge saddles can be fiddly and can sometimes bind, resulting in a broken or rounded allen (hex) key. Those tiny 1.5mm keys aren’t designed for large amounts of torque and Sod’s Law it’ll happen when you don’t have access to a spare.
Get a set of straight handled hex drivers. Pictured is the set I use, made by Turnigy. It comes with 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3mm tips and a smaller driver for attaching the tips to the bigger one. They are made from hardened steel and give a secure fit in the screw. Much less chance of breaking or rounding “on even the worst of hex bolts”, according to the ad copy. They are also available in imperial sizes.
It’s been a great time saver for me, reducing the time to taken to check the adjustment screws on saddles before dispatch (all the bridges/saddles I currently sell have 1.5mm adjustment screws) or ease the occasional stiff screw without bits of broken allen key flying all round the place. I got mine from a seller on ebay for £9.99 delivered.
You can also find them at hobby/RC modelling sites/stores – they are de rigueur for the radio controlled crowd.
Teamed up with a T-6 TX-STAR head on my Wickes Precision Screwdriver Set for those bolts that have been slightly rounded or with undersized holes I have yet to encounter a screw/bolt I can’t shift.
Enjoy the weekend!
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