go4mo Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Hello ! interested in hearing about your experience with bridge selection i would like more sustain - clarity - without compromising warmth and body. thinking brass/chrome is the idea. .. about to swap out the stock bridge on my fender jaguar modern player - looking at either the schaller 4 roller, or the hipshot A (although i do believe some neck shimming imminent with the later, so, .. most likely not ..) comments? cheers mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebenezer Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Many people have changed the stock simple fender bridge for the likes of badass and gotoh etc and found very little if any difference!!but saying that,they look better than the standard bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I like the build quality and components on the Gotoh bridges. I've used Gotoh and Badass on some of my Fenders. There will be many who disagree but I think the Badass is overated and overly expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 [quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1418820215' post='2633629'] I like the build quality and components on the Gotoh bridges. I've used Gotoh and Badass on some of my Fenders. There will be many who disagree but I think the Badass is overated and overly expensive. [/quote] This and I have tried many bridges and always have gone back to the good old BBOT as they say if it ain't broke don't fix it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petergales Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I have just replaced the BBOT bridge on my Custom Shop '64 Jazz as I was having trouble with losing the sound of my G and D strings in the mix. I replaced it with a Hipshot A style bridge and I have to say it has made a real difference both to the sustain (much, much improved) and the articulation, definition and presence of the notes in the higher register are far, far better. It is a very easy modification to carry out (let's face it, I managed to do it!) and worth every penny. It was very much a leap of faith but I would recommend it to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taddy Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 A question about my Epiphone t bird i changed to a hipshot super tone bridge and the reason i changed was the original 3 point bridge was pulling one of the studs that held it clean out of the bass? so i stripped the 3 point off and glued the ferrel back in using gorilla super glue, after leaving overnight i put the hipshot in and bolted it down, after restringing the bass i noticed the action was really high so i started adjusting until the saddles bottomed out and the action was still way too high? i couldn't believe it i thought the hipshot would solve my problem with high action? pretty expensive to be mucking around like this tbh not happy so i had two options mill some off the bottom of the bridge (didnt fancy) or shim the neck, i decided to shim the neck using business cards i released the neck and started with one card and it was better, but there was still no adjustment on the saddles so i installed another card and at last i had adjustment but i had to lift the saddles right up to set the action? after setting a nice action with no fret buzz, i tuned to concert and both posts suddenly pulled out of the guitar? why do these posts pull out? grrr, i love the sound of this guitar but i doubt i will ever have the pleasure of gigging it, with all this going on, can anybody explain where i went wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 If you drop the nose of the Gibson 3point bridge too much then the back ferrules can lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Not sure this is the right place but NBD new bridge day to me anyway. Found a pro bass player clearing out his drawer on Gumtree. He does some setup work for guys in London and he had about 6x 5 string bridges all quite fancy for around 25-35 and 3x4 string vintage style bridges for £5 each which I bought as he is only 6 miles from me. I rather like em and will find a home for sure for the brass one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I always loved the classic Fender folded bridge. So simple , and easy to adjust. Leo had a knack for making things that were easy to adjust , unlike some other manufacturers. They were also simple and cheap to make. Genius. And yet recently took a metal adjustable bridge off a Danelectro and replaced it with a popsicle stick. The wooden Dano bridge sounds better , and there is a sweet spot for it! Also went the other way and replaced several 3point style bridges with Hipshots. I’ve been suffering some bridge madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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