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Re: Very cheap Epi Newport
« Reply #45 on: November 12, 2010, 08:30:22 AM »
Uwe is as off in his love of the three point as he is in his love of Deep Purple.  Having a three point on there is hideous.  Plus, the two point - as you have observed - has a built in intonation "slant" that gets you close enough all the way up and down the neck.  Sure you could hook it up to some fancy-pants tuner and find it is out a bit here and there, but the mudbucker is designed to both obliterate any tonal variations and intonation problems.  Hence you function as a muddy upright player always did. MAGIC!  A mahogany plug, a little touch up work, and that vicious attack of a three point will be history.

And if you want a really nice intonated bridge, go get a new hipshot or drill out a Kahler fixed bridge.  They both eat a three point for lunch.
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Re: Very cheap Epi Newport
« Reply #46 on: November 12, 2010, 11:10:45 AM »
Since it's reversible, no reason not to try it.

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Re: Very cheap Epi Newport
« Reply #47 on: November 12, 2010, 04:17:31 PM »
Whatever works works...

How many of us will ever be utterly intonation perfect, unless they have the perfect ear and a fretless neck...
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Re: Very cheap Epi Newport
« Reply #48 on: November 13, 2010, 09:11:07 PM »
ya' know, you can't find a lot of notes played on an fretless on a fretted electric bass... ;D

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Re: Very cheap Epi Newport
« Reply #49 on: November 14, 2010, 09:23:18 AM »
One fret down... bend 'er up... ;)
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