Danuman Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 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 November 26 Share Posted November 26 @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 November 26 Share Posted November 26 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...
Danuman Posted November 28 Author Share Posted November 28 On 26/11/2024 at 16:09, MichaelDean said: @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 Thanks, this is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH89 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Best bridge for any Sterling bass is this one . Out of the train window when halfway across . 😁 . Please don't take offence , its a joke but my experiences of them have been less than stellar . I'm sure yours will be great . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danuman Posted November 28 Author Share Posted November 28 On 26/11/2024 at 16:39, lemmywinks said: 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 I like this idea, but I guess I'd have to find vintage style saddles that fit my current bridge, which could be tricky... worth a try, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danuman Posted November 28 Author Share Posted November 28 4 hours ago, JohnH89 said: Best bridge for any Sterling bass is this one . Out of the train window when halfway across . 😁 . Please don't take offence , its a joke but my experiences of them have been less than stellar . I'm sure yours will be great . I'm not too fond of this idea, but I appreciate the thought. This bridge seems terrific for throwing basses off lol I briefly owned a Sub-series Ray4 that felt exceptionally cheap, so I know what you mean. I must admit there's enough little things with this one too, but it's made from some really nice pieces of wood. Maybe because it's an early one, or maybe I was just lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH89 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 I think early one and lucky . Lucky wins everytime . Enjoy your bass mate and play the bejesus out of it . 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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