Hi All
Last year I bought a Sire V7 Vintage from another BC'er. It's a great 'no fear' touring bass and aside from some difficulty balancing intonation and string height of my B-string when loaded through the body, I've had no major issues with it...but I'd like to make some improvements, starting with a new bridge.
Has anybody successfully retrofitted a high-mass bridge to one of these without having to drill new screw holes and retaining through-body stringing?
Has anybody else had issues with B-string height and intonation when strung through body?
To get the string in tune, I've had to bring the saddle so far back, the B-string is bent at close to a right-angle over the saddle to get it through the body (see photo), causing obvious issues when attempting to correctly intonate.
Any experience/advice would be appreciated and gratefully received. Thanks for reading.