Headless bridges

[TheGreek]

New to me...anybody know anything about these?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Headless-bass-bridge-5-strings-with-thrust-bearings-by-Nova-Guitar-Parts/184363423807?hash=item2aecea983f:g:fr4AAOSwn0RfDNTA

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Headless-bass-bridge-4-strings-by-Nova-Guitar-Parts/184363431755?hash=item2aeceab74b:g:9pMAAOSwyY5fDNtG

 

ABM single tuners from £30

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ABM-Headless-Single-Guitar-Bridge-Available-in-Chrome-Gold-or-Black/253915067202?hash=item3b1e847342:g:OQ4AAOSwnz9btf03

Edited August 13, 2020 by TheGreek

[ped]

They look pretty good but I' have thought the reason to put them on a backing plate would be so that you could adjust the spacing, however it looks like they aren't adjustable.

[hubrad]

Not heard of Nova.

I had a headless 5 string bridge by ABM a while back, excellent German engineering! Iirc ABM was a step up from Schaller at the time.

[Bassassin]

They're not absolutely identical but the Nova looks very much like a set of these mounted on a baseplate:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Bridge-Precision-5-String-Bass-Metal-Single-Headless-Round-Bar-Bridge-Kit/233307037073

Bought a set for a project (that I've yet to get around to) after seeing this thread:

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/402221-headless-explorer/

And they're tiny! Interesting to catch up on that build to see that @DarkHeart eventually opted to use one of the Hohner clone units rather than these, and they do look like they'd be more suited to a guitar build than a bass. I'll persevere (eventually) as the individual units will actually overhang the end of the body I'm using to the extent I'll not need to route or modify it. Not convinced E string thickness won't be an issue but we'll see.

Looks like the Nova intonates in the same way - each unit slides on the baseplate to adjust string length.

 

Edited August 13, 2020 by Bassassin

[TheGreek]

I'm waiting to get some feedback / review before diving in and getting a set of these

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Bridge-Precision-5-String-Bass-Metal-Single-Headless-Round-Bar-Bridge-Kit/233307037073

I'm sure that I'm not alone...

[DarkHeart]

On 13/08/2020 at 12:11, Bassassin said:

They're not absolutely identical but the Nova looks very much like a set of these mounted on a baseplate:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Bridge-Precision-5-String-Bass-Metal-Single-Headless-Round-Bar-Bridge-Kit/233307037073

Bought a set for a project (that I've yet to get around to) after seeing this thread:

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/402221-headless-explorer/

And they're tiny! Interesting to catch up on that build to see that @DarkHeart eventually opted to use one of the Hohner clone units rather than these, and they do look like they'd be more suited to a guitar build than a bass. I'll persevere (eventually) as the individual units will actually overhang the end of the body I'm using to the extent I'll not need to route or modify it. Not convinced E string thickness won't be an issue but we'll see.

Looks like the Nova intonates in the same way - each unit slides on the baseplate to adjust string length.

 

It works, quite well actually, better than the rubbish neck I put on. For what they cost it`s worth a punt. Definitely use some washers on the adjusters though and grease it well.