best bass bridge in your opinion
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bryvincent
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Re: best bass bridge in your opinion
badass.
badass.
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Erlend_G
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Gotoh made some really big, solid, and very adjustable brigdes. But i believe they are discontinued now. I think they were called the 404\405, if i'm not mistaken.
Gotoh made some really big, solid, and very adjustable brigdes. But i believe they are discontinued now. I think they were called the 404\405, if i'm not mistaken.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
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Im fond of the Badass myself
Im fond of the Badass myself
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Erlend_G
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The badass brigdes is made by Leo Quan
The badass brigdes is made by Leo Quan
The Golden Boy
Fleecy Sweaterologist
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I think bridge "upgrades" are incredibly overrated.
As long as you have a well made bridge that solidly attaches to the body, provides good action and intonates well- there's no real reason to **** with it. Seriously. People will give the biggest hoo-hah reasons why a Badass is such an improvement in "tone" or "sustain." While it may be good on some basses and and improvement on some bridges- I say- Prove it. Objectively prove your bass has more "sustain" or has more "tone" than with the stock bridge.
Yes, it makes sense that the larger footprint of the Badass is going to transfer more resonance to the bass- but prove that it actually does. Yes, it makes sense for the saddles to sit in their own trough so they don't "slide," but what's damaging about that? Common sense tells you that a good bridge will "upgrade" your bass, but that common sense doesn't necessarily translate into quantifiable results. If it's worth it for you to spend a bunch of money and think you've got a better bridge, then do it. Chances are you'd never be able to tell the difference in a blind test.
So, what makes me say this?
This is my Jazz Bass:
Notice the Badass II on there.
Somewhere around 5 years ago one of the saddle height adjustment screws fell out of my stock bridge. After realizing I'd have to fork out a bunch of money for a 40 year old part, I decided to "upgrade" my bridge to a Badass. (Oddly enough, I found the saddle screw when I was installing the Badass) After dropping like $65-70 on the bridge I realized the bass doesn't sound any "better" or even much "different." There's no added resonance, there's no noticable increase in "sustain." It's a good bridge, don't get me wrong- but after switching back and forth a few times between the stock bridge and the Badass- there's not a heck of a lot- if any difference.
Most of what I said goes out the window if you're talking about a 2 or 3 point bridge that floats off the body- most any bridge that is solidly attached to the body is an improvement for "sustain," "attack" and "tone." I know this from first hand experience as well.
This is my '71 EB-0:
It came stock with the 2 point bridge. That was a whole lot of suck in one place. And what tops off it's suckage is the nylon saddles.
Anyway, the G&L bridge is the bridge that makes the most sense for me... The saddle traverse, the footprint size and the saddle lock feature make it a really, really good bridge.
Leo Quan Badass...mippit said:
I think bridge "upgrades" are incredibly overrated.
As long as you have a well made bridge that solidly attaches to the body, provides good action and intonates well- there's no real reason to **** with it. Seriously. People will give the biggest hoo-hah reasons why a Badass is such an improvement in "tone" or "sustain." While it may be good on some basses and and improvement on some bridges- I say- Prove it. Objectively prove your bass has more "sustain" or has more "tone" than with the stock bridge.
Yes, it makes sense that the larger footprint of the Badass is going to transfer more resonance to the bass- but prove that it actually does. Yes, it makes sense for the saddles to sit in their own trough so they don't "slide," but what's damaging about that? Common sense tells you that a good bridge will "upgrade" your bass, but that common sense doesn't necessarily translate into quantifiable results. If it's worth it for you to spend a bunch of money and think you've got a better bridge, then do it. Chances are you'd never be able to tell the difference in a blind test.
So, what makes me say this?
This is my Jazz Bass:
Notice the Badass II on there.
Somewhere around 5 years ago one of the saddle height adjustment screws fell out of my stock bridge. After realizing I'd have to fork out a bunch of money for a 40 year old part, I decided to "upgrade" my bridge to a Badass. (Oddly enough, I found the saddle screw when I was installing the Badass) After dropping like $65-70 on the bridge I realized the bass doesn't sound any "better" or even much "different." There's no added resonance, there's no noticable increase in "sustain." It's a good bridge, don't get me wrong- but after switching back and forth a few times between the stock bridge and the Badass- there's not a heck of a lot- if any difference.
Most of what I said goes out the window if you're talking about a 2 or 3 point bridge that floats off the body- most any bridge that is solidly attached to the body is an improvement for "sustain," "attack" and "tone." I know this from first hand experience as well.
This is my '71 EB-0:
It came stock with the 2 point bridge. That was a whole lot of suck in one place. And what tops off it's suckage is the nylon saddles.
Anyway, the G&L bridge is the bridge that makes the most sense for me... The saddle traverse, the footprint size and the saddle lock feature make it a really, really good bridge.
Tom M
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Re: best bass bridge in your opinion
The G&L bridge design is actually my favorite. It's just a very well constructed and designed piece.
For aftermarket, I'm partial to the Badass because I'm partial to chrome. Apples to apples, a bass with a Badass will look cooler than one with a stock Fender-style bridge IMO.
The G&L bridge design is actually my favorite. It's just a very well constructed and designed piece.
For aftermarket, I'm partial to the Badass because I'm partial to chrome. Apples to apples, a bass with a Badass will look cooler than one with a stock Fender-style bridge IMO.
The Golden Boy
Fleecy Sweaterologist
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I can see the Graphtech saddles being a positive if you're having tuning issues or you're breaking strings. They're a great product and I've replaced all the saddles on all my guitars. I didn't even know I had tuning problems until I switched- suddenly I didn't need to tune between every song. I don't have any tuning issues with any of my basses, and I don't have a major string breakage problem either.kaffimann said:
