Small string spacing on a Tony levin OLP

[4 candles]

Howdy,

Ive just brought raymans Tony levin 5 string stingray esque OLP. A cracking bass but the strings seem a touch too close for perfection. Anyone got any ideas if I can fit a different bridge, what sort of bridge and where I would get one from.

Many thanks in advance

Regards

Mark

[The Bass Doc]

I once achieved a reasonable result by fitting two standard size saddles for strings 2&4 thus allowing all 5 to 'splay out' a bit further. If you have access to a pair of Fender sized saddles to experiment with you may find it would be a relatively cheap mod to create the desired effect. The only drawback may be the lining up of the pickup pole pieces as I remember that I fitted a stock-sized MM type pickup at the same time.

[chris_b]

If you fit a wider bridge surely the strings will overlap the fretboard at the top of the neck and what about the pickup pole pieces?