At 05:17 AM 1/5/2003 -0500, you wrote: > I string the tenor/treble chip up to pitch before I recheck/reset my bearing felts and shims in the bass to get appox. 1/2 degree bearing at the crossover down >to zero in the bottom of the mono chords. > This is especially sensitive and critical to me when setting bearing > on the dreaded cantilever bass bridges so I wait till I can see a very > clear picture as how the board squashes down under the plain wire load. > This way I can call it right on. > Regards--Dale Erwin In the majority of S&S bass bridges which I have encountered, it is the opposite. Zero to negative d/b at the crossover to mile high bearing on the bottom. These always get new caps.
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