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Old 11-30-2012, 03:27 PM
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Ordered DR Nickel Lo Riders along with my bridge hoping that will work out well for nice low action.
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Old 12-17-2012, 06:04 PM
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Babizc on a 1970 Fender P Bass

I put one on my 1970 P bass and use it with Tomastik flat wounds - great big creamy tone with lots a balls - thing is this is the best bridge I have used. Once set up it locks all the intonation and srting height in and does not vary. Great bridge - not as gnarly as a badassII but the other features give it the edge. Slots straight in no mods!
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Full story here in eBass on our latest Babicz equipped bass...

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Old 05-02-2013, 09:04 PM
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I have had one on my '62 reissue P for a few months now. Huge improvement in tone, body wood resonance, sustain, etc. It makes my bass sound more like it should, if that makes sense.
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Old 05-17-2013, 01:07 PM
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i just replaced my badass with one of these and i love the thing BUT the D and G strings dont quite sit between the pole pieces on the spb3 pu.this is on an aerodyne jazz by the way and the pu cavity is as you know shape cut so its not the pu thats moved. anyone else noticed this?
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Old 05-17-2013, 01:59 PM
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I may not be understanding you 100% but grey area, are you aware that the babicz bridges have models with a few different string spacings? If you received this bridge 2nd hand, the seller may have been wrong about the string spacing of your bridge. Besides that, you shouldn't get drastic volume differences with the pole pieces being off just a few millimeters.

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Old 05-18-2013, 03:05 AM
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hi etherealm.the one i have is for a fender j or p bass and i bought it new. it does not have an effect on the volume as it is about 2 mill off the G centre. i will check it out after the weekend and see whats amiss. i think i may have a coouple of mill on the p pickup to correct things there but theres no movement on the J pup. i will try and put a photo up. ps i got the bridge from thomanns.pps the E and A spacing is spot on. weird.
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Old 05-19-2013, 03:08 AM
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got it. its not for a fender.my mistake.i am not alone, i see thomanns have sold out again but have lots of B stock from returns from dummies like myself who ordered the bridge thinking it wuold fit a fender.i will wait until they have the right one and use this one in the meantime and then put the old one in my project box.this one is close enough for jazz and i have 1/4pounders on so no volume drop.Click image for larger version

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  #129  
Old 05-19-2013, 01:05 PM
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I'm wondering how Thomann can justify the prices of the 4/5 chrome Bass Bridges
4st ...79€ is reasonable .
5st...139€...60 € difference to the 4 ??? Nearly double ???
US price
4st ...$99.77
5st... $119.77 ...$20 difference
Disproportionate to say the least .
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us eurobassist and musicians in general get a bit worked up over how cheap some stateside stull is compared to europrices. i guess it works both ways for americans and euro origin stuff.saying that i just got a gk fusion and a gk mb200 for more or less the same price as stateside.
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Babicz is releasing a thru-body version in Summer ,so does this mean that because it will have 2 less screwholes that I'll have to pay 2/5ths more ? Sheeesh!!! I'm more than worked up !!!
If I order direct and pay $29 shipping !'d still save 30€ and then probably get hammered by Customs . Now, who do I know who's going to the US in Summer ??? HaHA !!!

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Old Today, 04:32 AM
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Spino, 5 string bridges are obviously more expensive because it's more risky to stock them. People obviously buy more 4 string bridges than 5 string bridges.
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Old Today, 04:36 AM
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That's a real lame excuse ,do you work for Thomann ???
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Old Today, 04:41 AM
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I don't, I just know how economics work, unfortunately for some. That's why left handed instruments are more expensive, that's why fretless basses tend to be more expensive, etc.

When there's less market demand for something the price goes down in order to sell stocked gear. However, when you start off from that assumption, and produce just the amount you think is going to sell, you can raise the price, which is what happens with those bridges.
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Thomann buy in large numbers = pay less .So why does'nt Jeff Babicz charge the same proporionately.The US prices I quoted are from the his website .He the manufacturer is being FAIR ,Thomann are not !!!
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But they don't sell in high numbers (I am fairly certain one five string bridge is sold for every 10 four string bridges), that's what I was saying. The severe price increase always happens at one point in the chain - to the one taking the risk. Babicz knows that he will get them out of factory. No doubt it's an ******* move @ thomann, however, even all economics taken into account, it's not nice, but the life isn't either.
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Thank you for those words of consolation .Amen !
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