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eb2

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Brass MASS!
« on: September 02, 2008, 10:27:01 AM »
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Re: Brass MASS!
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2008, 01:27:56 PM »
They called it "The Claw". I can't imagine why anyone would want one on a P Special - the original bridge was also high mass. And the Claw was heavy - as if you needed that extra weight on a 11-12 lbs. bass.
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Re: Brass MASS!
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2008, 01:59:32 PM »
it's a bridge and a dustpan. :mrgreen:
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Re: Brass MASS!
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2008, 05:42:06 PM »
 It is funny lots of people slag off the Badass but the high mass concept keeps reappearing. Fenders even now sport a new high mass vintage bridge. The "dust pan" makes a joke of a nice P bass. Some thins really should be left as is.
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2008, 05:52:40 PM »
I pointed this one out as I don't believe that is a replacement.  I recall those came stock on a very small number of the first Specials. 
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Re: Brass MASS!
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2008, 03:50:58 AM »
 I didn't mean to say it isn't stock ,the bridge is. I remember when these came through the store
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Re: Brass MASS!
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2008, 04:07:29 AM »
Quote from: eb2 on September 02, 2008, 05:52:40 PM
those came stock on a very small number of the first Specials. 

I didn't know that.
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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2008, 04:37:28 AM »
thats the same bridge that Mike Watt used on his white tele bass which he used in the 80's with the Minutemen & fIREHOSE
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