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 Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:46 am
.:: As I said in my intro, my bass (below) is quite thrashed. Lately I've been noticing that, under any form of duress, the A string's saddle collapses, making most of the notes dead and severely detuning it. The bass is a Musicmaster, and the bridge assembly, as I understand, is identical to the P-basses of the period (70's).
So, first question, how do I go about fixing that? New saddle? New Bridge? Maybe just a new screw?
The second issue is neck twist. The neck is visibly twisted so that the high frets on the strings towards the treble horn are muted or buzzy pretty badly, and don't get me started on intonation.
Some people have told me that this means it's ********, but my 6 string guitar had a twisted neck at first, and my uncle fixed it somehow (he's not available to do the same for my bass).
So yeah, also, how do I fix that, also?
(My bass)
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:08 pm
A new saddle would do the trick.. but i suggest a new bridge... as for the neck.. ive never heard of any one fixing a twisted neck (not doubting you) but i say you're ******** in that area
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:30 am
Shogun Drizzt A new saddle would do the trick.. but i suggest a new bridge... as for the neck.. ive never heard of any one fixing a twisted neck (not doubting you) but i say you're ******** in that area
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 11:53 am
For your bridge problem I would suggest a new bridge, a leo quan badass bridge would give you the best bang for your buck, they're an upgrade/replacement bridge for fender basses. As for your neck problem, take it into a shop and have it fixed. I just got my bass back(sent it in for a warp in the neck). The guy heat set the neck and it now plays incredibly smooth. Heat setting the neck and leveling the frets costed me $72 so it'll probably be about $50 to get it done, a badass bridge will cost ya anywhere between $60-80.
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:19 am
.:: Eep, I wonder if they have any un-chromed stuff.. I'd look right silly with a thrashed guitar and a shiny bridge xD
That's fairly cheap, though, much cheaper than I expected for bridge straightening. ::.
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