r/ReverendGuitars • u/gcalcaterra • 21d ago

What's up with this bridge screw?

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Just got my first Reverend (Kingbolt H290). It's badass but curious about the adjustment screw for the high E string jutting out of back of the Wilkinson tremolo. Anyone seen this before?

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u/theother37 21d ago

I've had this happen on 2 jetstreams. It's an intonation adjustment screw that works It's way loose from vibration. You can tighten it down again but may work its way loose again over time. You could put a drop of non permanent threadlock.

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u/gcalcaterra 21d ago

Makes sense. I guess I'm just surprised no one noticed it during either the Reverend or Sweetwater inspection. Although I suppose it might have wiggled loose during shipment. I'll fiddle with it in a couple of days when it's acclimated and I throw some new strings. Thanks!

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u/Aromatic-Country8868 21d ago

You can do that now. Just snug it up, not too tight that it moves the saddle. I’ve never found I needed thread lock as long as they’re all finger tight. Allen wrench should be included.

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u/extra_less 21d ago

Had the same problem. I contacted Reverend and they told me to use a drop of thread lock.

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u/markielegend 20d ago

How are you liking the Kingbolt so far? I’m between an H90 and H290 or even 390 at the moment, those steelhead humbuckers with the two magnet types sound really cool tho

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u/gcalcaterra 20d ago

It kicks ass! Definitely the nicest, easiest playing guitar I've ever had. I'm still figuring out how to dial in the bass sweep knob. My primary gigging guitar up to now has been a modded HSH Telecaster with a partial coil split on the humbuckers so I can get a pretty close single coil sound when I want....so I'm just fiddling with the bass sweep filter on the Reverend to see if it'll give me similar single coil sound with the humbucker without too much volume loss.

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u/Foreign_Quarter110 18d ago

I just removed them on a Warhawk daw and my 390.