PainInTheBass

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Thank you for the welcomes. 🤘

No, but I'd like a '76 Stingray, or at least the chance to play one. Besides, I'm more than happy with my 2018 Stingray special.

Cool thanks man. Hopefully that's it and I won't ever need to readjust it. The bass is sounding great and feels a lot better under the fingers with some Hybrid Slinkys.

Hi all, I recently purchased a California VS4, and albeit I have managed to adjust the bridge (intonation and saddle height) there is something I'm not sure about with the design. The manual says to adjust the 2 front grub screws and a single rear grub screw for string height. Is this so that the base of the saddle remains horizontal, or is there meant to be an incline from the rear to the front of the saddle? The latter is how it appears to have come from the factory, but this doesn't make sense. You'd think if it was meant to incline from the rear to the front of the saddle that there would be little point in having a grub screw at the rear? That 3rd rear grub screw also makes the saddle rock before locking it in place - kinda like taking the rear right hand side wheel off your car. Compared to bridges and saddles I've had on basses over the years, this one seems overly complicated and fiddly to get right, and not very friendly when it comes to setting intonation. Where's the intonation screw like on every other bridge ever made? The rest of the bass is awesome (apart from the strings it came with and were swapped out the very next day), but it's a shame about the bridge. Will I learn to love the bridge eventually? I dunno. Any advice or enlightenment gratefully received. Best regards Russ

I have been playing bass on and off (mostly off) since my late teens, but had a bit of a resurgence over the last 5 years. Been in a couple of bands, been in the studio a handful of times. Also play guitar. I have G.A.S. as bad as the next person, but it's slowing down now (I think). My basses comprise Ibanez, Music Man, Hofner, Sandberg, and Warwick. I have some bass pedals, my main amp is a PJB Double Four and I use a Spark Go for headphone practice. I appreciate most styles of music except for Jazz (sorry Jazz lovers, I'm not hating on you - it just never grew on me).