How to Lower the Bridge on a Les Paul Guitar: Pt 1

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Part of the video series: Gibson Les Paul: Electric Guitar Setup

Summary: Learn how to adjust and lower the bridge when setting up a Les Paul electric guitar in this free video tutorial on guitar set up.

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The Ferret has worked as a guitar repair professional for over five years and has played guitar professionally himself for over 30 years. His expertise extends far from guitar into...read more

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"THE FERRET: All right. The next thing we're going to do now that the neck is adjusted is we're going to lower this bridge saddle just a little bit. Like I explained before, we're just going to loosen those screws. And sometimes to do this, you need to loosen the strings and that's the case this time. Otherwise, there's too much tension. Just loosen those screws. So we're just going to back the tension off of those last three strings. And that's going to allow us to turn those screws."

eHow Article: How to Lower the Bridge on a Les Paul Guitar: Pt 1