Squier/Fender ideal for BEAD tuning?

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Hello all,

Just curious really. Anyone tried dropping a Squier or MIM Fender J or P to BEAD? I like the idea of it and want to see if it's worth trying. I'd try it with my Mustang but not sure it'd work very well

Cheers

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[TheEmperor]

I'd think a Jazz or Precision, being longer scale, would be a much better bet than a 'Stang. Can't see why it wouldn't work, but you'd have to recut the nut to accomodate the heavier gauges. I suppose a cheap bass is a good starting point in that regard!

[Lynottfan]

Timmy C of RATM/Audioslave does this a lot, he uses Fender Jazz and variations on, so shouldn't be a problem.

[sblueplanet]

I set up my brother's medium scale Yamaha fretless as BEAD using light gauge string set and didnt have to change the nut.

[Paul S]

I did it with a Westone Thunder 1A once. Worked a treat.

[Truckstop]

Cool, cheers guys!

I guess any well constructed instrument should be able to deal with it well. I suddenly remembered that years and years ago I use a Stagg something-or-other and I tuned that to BADG and it handled the B admirably.

Alex

[BigRedX]

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Cool, cheers guys!

I guess any well constructed instrument should be able to deal with it well. I suddenly remembered that years and years ago I use a Stagg something-or-other and I tuned that to BADG and it handled the B admirably.

Alex
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No reason why it shouldn't. The average low B string is usually much lower tension than a high G. If anything you might need to slacken the truss rod off slightly.

[Ed_S]

Yup! Squier Vintage Modified Precision to be exact, and it worked really well. Once I realised it was going to work for gigging I went a bit further and put Schaller locks, a BAII and a SD Quarter Pounder on it too, but the change of bridge was purely aesthetic and nothing to do with the stringing; the BBOT it came with was on it for a few months and worked absolutely fine. Mine's actually set up for use in C,F,Bb,Eb but worked fine in BEAD when I first modified it.

And since pictures prove it happened...

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Went for a Yamaha BB424x (Oly White) to try it with instead! If I'm comfortable with it, I may well end up moving my 425x on!

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