kahler on soloist question

[peedenmark7]

I'm gonna be doing some tinkering... and am wondering from
the face of the guitar ,how tall is the highest kahler saddle generally...

that is to say if you set a ruler on end, on the face of a soloist with a kahler.
whats the average highest point or measuremnt of a saddle?

make sense

[MountainDog]

I assume you're talking about the Kahler Pro Cam trem? If I was home, I could measure for you. Basically the tallest Kahler saddle on a Soloist with its built in neck tilt angle would be the same height as a non-recessed floyd saddle on an early Soloist. Going from memory, it's fairly high off the body, in the neighborhood of 1/2" to the roller string groove.

The Kahlers like the saddles to be high relative to the cam so there is a good angle to hold the string in the roller slot. This ebay auction is the only pic I could quickly find that shows the preferred angle from saddle to bridge (the upper righthand pic):

http://cgi.ebay.com/1986-Jackson-USA-San-Dimas-Neck-Thru-Gold-Sparkle_W0QQitemZ270100303485QQcategoryZ33044QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I'll try to remember to measure tonight if no one else posts anything before that time.

[MountainDog]

From top of body to top of D string: 0.6775" on one guitar, 0.6745" on the other, which is a little bit under 11/16".

'80s jackson snakeskin bolt-on (neck is tilted back same as Soloist):




View of the snakeskin string angle:




View of snakeskin measurement using calipers:




Reading on Calipers for snakeskin:




2nd guitar, blue soloist:




Side view of Soloist showing the resultant measurement:

[peedenmark7]

thanks guys !!