Danuman Posted Tuesday at 12:35 Share Posted Tuesday at 12:35 Last year I managed to grab a Sterling Ray34ca that had been hanging in a local music shop for well over a decade. It's the one with the pencil neck, 2-band preamp and retro styling. It's an incredible player, but I would like to reduce the string spacing to 18mm. I don't have particularly large hands, and the more demanding 16ths-type stuff on high tempos is causing my plucking hand to cramp up. For that reason, I have Hipshot bridges on all my basses. I even have a spare one in my parts drawer, but it doesn't sit well on top of the threaded inserts, unfortunately. I've looked around for aftermarket stuff, and I'm guessing there's nothing available. I don't want to remove the inserts, and I would prefer not do any irreversible mods (other than maybe some drilling). I've looked into having saddles custom-made with 18mm spacing, but I have no idea where to begin, really. Do any of you lovely Basschatters know how I might reduce the string spacing on a bridge of this type? Cheers, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted Tuesday at 15:09 Share Posted Tuesday at 15:09 @waldemar does small custom metal orders. He might be able to make up some custom saddles for you... Not used him, but I do follow him on Instagram. Looks like he does some cool bits. https://www.instagram.com/small_scale_cnc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted Tuesday at 15:39 Share Posted Tuesday at 15:39 Could you just pinch the saddles of one of the vintage styled bridges, like this? https://northwestguitars.co.uk/collections/bass-bridges/products/hosco-vintage-style-4-string-bass-bridge-with-threaded-saddles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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