I've gone ahead and ditched the Supertones and installed Babicz 3-Points on two of my Thunderbirds. UK price is £120, so c.$171.
While I have nothing bad to say about the Hipshots, I've gotta say that I like [edit] the Babicz bridges [/edit] a lot...the basses do sound phatter; there's just more of everything tonally if that makes sense. Also, they're certainly kinder to your right palm if you mute or play close to the bridge.
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The Babicz is certainly a better fit for the Thunderbird. The Hipshot looks clumsy on a Thunderbird with the overhang to the left and right of the raised centerpiece.
In fact, I think a Hipshot looks clumsy on any bass... :-X
Quote from: planetgaffnet on January 30, 2016, 05:48:50 AM
I've gone ahead and ditched the Supertones and installed Babicz 3-Points on two of my Thunderbirds. UK price is £120, so c.$171.
While I have nothing bad to say about the Hipshots, I've gotta say that I like them a lot...the basses do sound phatter; there's just more of everything tonally if that makes sense. Also, they're certainly kinder to your right palm if you mute or play close to the bridge.
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Gotta a picture?
Quote from: drbassman on January 30, 2016, 08:58:03 AM
Gotta a picture?
Here you go.
IMHO Babicz is definitely much nicer than the Gibson 3-point and easy to adjust. Never had a Hipshot so I can't compare.
As I mentioned in another thread, still going to sell the bass.
(http://images.gibson.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2015/SG-Standard-Bass/BASG15HCCH1_MAIN_HERO_01.jpg)
And on a Thunderbird it looks like this:
(http://images.gibson.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2015/Thunderbird-Bass/BAT15VSBC1_MAIN_HERO_01.jpg)
These are how they look on mine...most of you will recognise the blackie is a gothic. I use the Gothic at gigs and still get quizzed by other bass player whether it's an Epiphone with a Gibson truss-rod cover. Groan.
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(http://www.nancyjohnson.co.uk/2016/babicz.jpg)
IMHO they definitely look better on a T-bird than the Hipshot.
They do look less intrusive than the Hipshot. One day I should get one to try them out against each other.