Instruction Manual

Determine correct string height by measuring the gap

between the top of the 12th fret and the bottom of the low E

string. It should be around 0.125” (3mm), or about a stack of

a 12 cards if you don’t have a ruler. For the high E string, the

gap should be around 0.080” (2mm) or about a stack of 8

business cards.

Remove the strings and remove the old bridge by sliding it off

the posts. The ResoMax bridge comes with steel posts that

enable the magnetic AutoLock feature. You may keep using

your old posts if they are also steel.

Adjust the two set screws at the back of the bridge so that

the range of travel of the saddles is beyond the scale length

measured from the nut (scale length is 2x the distance from

the nut to the 12th fret).

Install strings and tune your guitar to concert pitch. Adjust

the string height by turning the bridge posts with a coin.

Raise or lower the treble and bass sides of the bridge until

correct string height (measured in Step 1) is achieved. Tune

the guitar to concert pitch after the adjustment and check

the string height at the 12th fret.

Set the intonation. In order for the chords to play in tune all

over the fretboard, each string must be correctly intonated.

The note fretted at the 12th fret should match the 12th fret

harmonic. Compare the pitch of the fretted note and the

harmonic (lightly touch the string right above the 12th fret

and pluck). Adjust each saddle by tuning its intonation screw

with a screwdriver. Shortening the string will increase the

pitch of the fretted note relative to the harmonic; making the

string longer will decrease the pitch. Each time you make a

saddle adjustment, retune the string before comparing

pitches again.

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ResoMax NW Installation Instructions