You might be able to find these more readily, and in packs of 12, rather than the Gotoh packs of 4. I've used generic "locking bridge saddle shims" on OFR and GE1996t, they fit fine. Fretwire changed to Jescar EVO 57110 classic jumbo profile (2,791,45 mm), freatboard radius set to 14' (350 mm) to fit Gotoh 1996T saddles radius. This is custom guitar project of highest standarts. I took old Kramer LK-IBF banana head of ESP Japan production and gave it new life. A total of 8 shims should safely cover the most you'd need.Īlso, I don't think it's important to use the Gotoh branded shims. Nut - R2 style, Fingerboard - rosewood 350mm (14') radius. It's possible you'd want to use 3 shims on each of the E strings since you've got the 430mm neck. I haven't measured the resulting string radius, but it feels great and I think this is a very close match to 400mm. Having said that, when I later had the guitar apart for some other work one day, I went ahead and added two shims (.2 mm each) on the E strings along with one shim on the A and B strings because I always have a pile of shims around. You might consider trying it out and seeing whether it feels/plays alright as is. It played fine, there was no real need for any shims to bring the 350mm closer to 400mm. I've got this bridge on a guitar with a 400mm neck, and I didn't bother shimming for months after putting it together. It might seem a big difference on paper, but the radius is already pretty flat once you reach 300mm or more (which is about 12"). The GE1996T is radiused at 350mm, so there's not that much difference between that and the 430mm you're trying to match.
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