I Need a Bridge Part for EJ-160E

[bauersnarky]

I bought an EJ-160E off of eBay for $150, but it doesnt come with this part:

It's that white piece, and I need it piece from somewhere.

 

Does anybody know where I could find one?

[YerDugliness]

What you've circled is called the "saddle" and it is perhaps the guitar's easiest and most commonly upgraded item. It's an essential part of the guitar, it MIGHT make sound without it if the neck is quite warped, but otherwise your guitar won't make music. You could probably order a factory saddle from Epi, but why do that....a bone replacement is just a quick trip to a luthier or music store tech department and the improvement in sound is amazing. Since you probably haven't heard your guit without it, you may not recognize how much improvement the bone replacement will make, but ......

 

Cost would be under $50 to have a luthier or a good shop tech make and install a bone saddle--quite an investment given the cost you paid for the instrument on eBay, but worth it. A factory replacement would probably run $10 to $15 and would likely still require some work from the luthier/shop technician to fit and work right (a "setup" will usually involve some work on the saddle to optimize the action of the guitar, so if you contract for a replacement saddle and a "setup" you could still likely get in under $70).

 

Good luck.....just curious, did the eBay seller disclose the fact that this guitar was going to be unplayable in it's "as-shipped" condition? Seems like he should have mentioned that one of the most important parts of a guitar might be missing.....otherwise, if it was shipped without strings, I'd start looking through all those styrofoam peanuts or whatever packing the seller used to see if there isn't a small, flat piece of plastic...it might have just fallen out of the bridge slot???

 

Dugly

[johnypaycut]

Yo dude... you really wanta spend $50 for some guy to hack a piece of bone for ya? here's a alternative > buy a plastic saddle ,and a few bone

blanks,for maybe $10. now you gotta learn sometime right? so you 1st.check the plastic saddle (place it in the slot in the bridge) if it fits ,now you got a epi? then it;s gonna be a standard gibson saddle,that bridge you got there is common in all j-45 type guitars? you match the lenght,

width and height of you plastic saddle ,by fileing the bone to match? once that's done and the bone matches the plastic ,you can use the plastic

to check the string height ('cause you already got a bone saddle)an file the plastic 1 to a size that lowers your strings , you can intonate that way? be sure to use your chromatic tuner to check the pitch at your octave(12th.fret) vs. the reading for each open string,adjust the height accordingly..