The Last Bass Outpost

I'm fairly certain that the bushing spacing is slightly different between the evertilt bridge and the older bar bridge.  It's only about 1/16" or so, and I don't recall which one has the wider spacing.  I found out about this years ago when I was seeking out a replacement bridge for my EB-4L.  The Schaller bridge was still available from Allparts at the time (Badass-style), but it turned out that it was made to fit the early bridge.  The spacing was slightly off for the evertilt.

There's only one place that bird will go if it ever returns to the States... It's actually the only one I've sold that I really want back.

That is KILLER!  I'm a new guy here so can you share some details on that baby?

Why not just tailor each individual sting guage to your preference?

I like DR Lo-Riders, but for some reason they've gotten really hard to find.  I just bought a pack of strings this weekend, and I had to settle for the Sunbeams, which I guess are OK.  I tried the Hi-Beams once and I hated them.  I can't hang with those stainless strings, gotta go with nickel.  I'll use GHS Boomers too if I can't get the DR's, which also sound pretty good to me.  Haven't had much use for any other brands.

Welcome, Frankie! Everything Embassy-related is of great interest with me. I have two of them myself. Hope it's OK if I ask a couple of questions concerning that bass. As I understand it, the bridge to yours has been changed sometime? How long have you had the Embassy, where did you find her? In what condition was she? The pickup you got, is that an original 60's Embassy pickup?

Hi there, the Embassy is actually my 2nd-most recent instrument purchase.  My buying days are just about kaput, or they've at least come to a very slow crawl.  I bought it on eBay in 2006.  Here's a pic of how it looked when I got it.  It was actually very playable when it came to me, only it was missing the original knobs, bridge, tailpiece and bridge-position pickup & ring.  Everything else was original, including the finish, and it has the almost-standard headstock/neck repair (my T-bird neck is in virgin unbroken condition BTW).  I hunted around a bit for an original bridge and pickup, then gave up.  I didn't want to (and could not really afford to) spend nearly the same amount I paid for the guitar for those two bits.  So since I never use the bridge pickup anyway (I've always been a single-pickup man) I decided to cast up a lead slug and stick that in there (which is what you see in there now).  I saved myself a nice stack o'bills, and it actually helps balance the bass a little bit better.  I bought two new P/U rings from Dave W., an aftermarket tailpiece, and was done with it.  I don't like how the bridge looks on there but it's working well for now.  The action is just about perfect and I can actually intonate it correctly, which I can't do with my T-bird.  Maybe one day I'll splurge on a couple of those nice new improved bridges I see around here.  The knobs I left alone as I couldn't find anything I liked better.  That's about it, thanks for the words of welcome!

Hi all, new guy here.  I used to lurk over at the Dudepit from time to time and I just found this forum last night so I figured I'd check in.  I'm a long-time Gibson bass lover, I think it started when I saw pictures of Arthur Kane and Overend Watts in action.  I played a '90s Gibson T-bird IV for a while, then I got ahold of a '64 T-Bird II.  The new Gibby was no comparison so I eventually sold it off.  Anyway, here's a couple pics of my Bird & my Epi basses.  Hope to enjoy myself here at the Outpost for awhile.  -Frankie