beely Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Hi. I have my eye on a Musicmaster. The only thing that bothers me slightly about this guitar is the bridge. I see that it's not possible to adjust the intonation for each string individually. Has anyone had a problem with this? If so, is it possible to retro-fit another type of bridge, for example one from a Mustang or something similar? Cheers for any advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmettC Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 My girlfriend has a squier Bronco, it's really nice actually, and I've never had an issue with the intonation, using the 2 saddle bridge. If it was an issue for you it should be easy enough to drill a couple of extra holes and fit 4 normal saddles. I don't know of any 4 saddle bridges that would fit straight in, but there probably is one, if not it shouldn't be too difficult to fit a normal fender one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_m Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 To my mind the, erm, "basic" bridge is all part of the Musicmaster vibe / appeal. Personally I've never had an issue with the intonation on mine, nor with the similar style bridge on my '51 Re-issue Precision. Have to confess it's been a while since I fiddled with the intonation on either, but if memory serves just concentrate on getting the intonation as good as possible on the higher string of the two pairs (so A and G), and you should hopefully find the E and D also end up acceptably close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beely Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 Cheers guys. I wouldn't like to change anything if I could avoid it. All I need to do now is persuade myself that I need this guitar. How hard can that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblueplanet Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 If you need to change anything on a Musicmaster it will be the pickup. The original will be a six-pole guitar pickup and is pretty woeful. I replaced it with a Seymour Duncan one. The same as for a 51 P bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 ^^ This^^ I have a Musicmaster and the intonation/simple bridge is not an issue. The output from the pickup was, though - quite a weak sound and not a great tone. I had Bass Doc rout a space for a MIJ Precision pickup I had kicking around and make a new scratchplate for it - sounds brilliant now. I call it my Mustangmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beely Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 I hadn't thought about the pickup not being too good. That kind of takes the gloss off. I may stick with my original intention and go for a Mustang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I believe this bridge should do the trick. I've just ordered one for my Badtz-Maru. P http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Musicman-Style-4-String-Bass-Bridge-Chrome-/181355775785?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2a39a58729 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_m Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 [quote name='beely' timestamp='1394909684' post='2396634'] I hadn't thought about the pickup not being too good. That kind of takes the gloss off. I may stick with my original intention and go for a Mustang. [/quote] I replaced the original six-pole pickup on mine with a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails Strat pickup - this fits nicely inside the original pup cover so doesn't spoil the looks, and it turns the humble little Musicmaster into a completely different beast altogether. Have to confess that now I'm a good few years older / more mature / wiser (well, one out of three ain't bad... ) I wish I'd gone for a Cool or Vintage Rails so it wouldn't be quite so extreme, but hey... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I put the hottest strat lipstick pickup I could get in a Bronco once. Sounded pretty good and looked ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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