Those Hipshot bridges look ugly as sin (IMO :mrgreen:), but i'd bet they function very well. Has anyone here used one to replace a Tilt-O-Matic? Which one would fit? If I remember correctly, the early two-point bar bridge has a slightly different stud spacing than the Tilt-O-Matic.
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Has anyone mounted the SuperTone 2-point bridge on a long-scale bass yet? I found some pictures of one mounted on an EB-0 here:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=575912
The bridge studs on my EB-4L are very close to the edge of the body. I'm not sure if that SuperTone design with the long offset in the rear will mount on the body without hanging over the edge.
I've seen the Schaller two point replacement bridge on long scale EB basses and it does hang over the rear edge of the body a little bit. Not sure about the Hipshot. I'd like to put one on my long scale SB, but that had a different bridge all together. What's the bridge nut spacing on those ever-tilt basses?
After some experimentation I found that lighter tension strings calmed down the neck a bit so I don't HAVE to replace the rod necessarily (it just looks like hell with a couple of washers thrown on and the acorn nut almost completely rounded off). I'm not as worried about string spacing as I am the spacing of the bolts that affix the bridge to the body. If that spacing it the same I may go for that fix. I actually like how those pickups sound (even if they are black plastic), so I won't be changing those out. ;D
I've come to really like the EB shape so I want to start using it more. Can't do that until it has a serviceable bridge. Still have to decide what color to paint it though!
Yeah, neither have I. Sorry, but I would slap a Badass II on there and be done with it :-[
finding the #$@% tailpiece for a Dasson bridge is tough. I checked Bach and it seemed they want almost 100 bucks just for a tailpiece?? It was in in one o' them thar' furren langajess...