Mysterious dead spots on FB

[Bandade]

Hi folks, I bought a 1998 Prospect Std this winter and have been absolutly LOVING it. I have had a hard time putting it down. It has the origional Schaller bridge and tailpiece and I have swapped the Schaller pickups for Seth Lovers. The only issue I have had with the guitar is a dead spot on when fretting the 11th fret on the G. It is the only dead spot on the entire board and the frets appear to be in pretty good shape. I have made sure the guitar is properly intonated and have changed the strings several times. Is this a common problem for the Shaller bridge? I am becoming increasingly skeptical of the tail piece as well, as I have broken strings right at the tailpiece at least 3 times in the past 3 months. Aside from these issues, I feel like i have stole the guitar for the price I bought it.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

[mars_hall]

Hi folks, I bought a 1998 Prospect Std this winter and have been absolutly LOVING it. I have had a hard time putting it down. It has the origional Schaller bridge and tailpiece and I have swapped the Schaller pickups for Seth Lovers. The only issue I have had with the guitar is a dead spot on when fretting the 11th fret on the G. It is the only dead spot on the entire board and the frets appear to be in pretty good shape. I have made sure the guitar is properly intonated and have changed the strings several times. Is this a common problem for the Shaller bridge? I am becoming increasingly skeptical of the tail piece as well, as I have broken strings right at the tailpiece at least 3 times in the past 3 months. Aside from these issues, I feel like i have stole the guitar for the price I bought it.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

 

Any number of things can cause a dead spot including fretting out and worn rollers among others. Press the string at the highest fret and at the 11th fret and check the clearance. Check the groove on the roller to see if it is much larger than the width of the string as it rests in it. Does the roller wobble? Does the dead spot appear mainly on bends?

[tbonesullivan]

could be a loose fret too.

[pro-fusion]

If it's just at that one position, then it's probably a fret issue. Something that should be easy for a tech to fix. If it was a bridge issue, you'd probably notice problems on other frets with that same string.

 

Some necks have dead spots, but it typically affects an entire region rather than a single fret/string position.

[FredZepp]

Breaking strings at the tailpiece is odd, but probably not related. I'd want to fix that issue though.

 

I'd tend to check the neck relief to make sure that maybe it's off.. if it doesn't seem to be a fret problem.

[DetroitBlues]

Hi folks, I bought a 1998 Prospect Std this winter and have been absolutly LOVING it. I have had a hard time putting it down. It has the origional Schaller bridge and tailpiece and I have swapped the Schaller pickups for Seth Lovers. The only issue I have had with the guitar is a dead spot on when fretting the 11th fret on the G. It is the only dead spot on the entire board and the frets appear to be in pretty good shape. I have made sure the guitar is properly intonated and have changed the strings several times. Is this a common problem for the Shaller bridge? I am becoming increasingly skeptical of the tail piece as well, as I have broken strings right at the tailpiece at least 3 times in the past 3 months. Aside from these issues, I feel like i have stole the guitar for the price I bought it.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

 

Nothing to do with the bridge, you need to address the truss rod and/or fretdress. I recently purchased an '85 H-140 with the same Schaller parts on it. I actually like the bridge and tailpiece now. The break angle may be too sharp, you could possibly raise the tailpiece height a little. Too high and the strings might pop out of the saddles. To low and the strings will snap at the holder for the ball of the string...

[Bandade]

Any number of things can cause a dead spot including fretting out and worn rollers among others. Press the string at the highest fret and at the 11th fret and check the clearance. Check the groove on the roller to see if it is much larger than the width of the string as it rests in it. Does the roller wobble? Does the dead spot appear mainly on bends?

 

The fret is dead without bending. I think it is a fret issue. I'm afraid this one will require a trip to the guitar shop.

[Bandade]

The fret is dead without bending. It looks like that fret may be raised 0.10mm in the g string area. I do have normal sustain if i bend the string and play the note. I have raised the tailpiece a bit, i will see if this helps the string breakage.

 

Thanks

[DetroitBlues]

Good luck, a decent fret dress shouldn't set you back too far.