Badass 3 fits Fenders P&J?

No4PCs · #1 12-10-2007, 08:00 AM

Hi friends, please someone knows if that Badass 3 ( three holes ) bridge , fits in Precision and JB ?

I ask you because once P and J have 5 holes...i mean, the distance between bridge holes of Badass 3 will be match with stock holes?

Mongo Slade · #2 12-10-2007, 08:08 AM

I put a BadAss III on my Jaguar, and no the holes don't line up. What I did is use the center hole as a pilot, doweled off the other four holes and drilled new holes. Came out great!
Good luck.

Peace

UnDoNe · #3 12-10-2007, 08:40 AM

the badass 3 fits american series precisions and jazzes. the badass 2 is what you use for mexican or japanese fenders

No4PCs · #4 12-10-2007, 10:17 AM

Well, i did check in Leo Quan official site and they doesn´t put Badass 3 in catalog products ! Why? And about the Badass 3 "ungrooved"? Do you guys have some photo of that? Because stores selling Badass 3 ungrooved model but without pictures.
Peace

lug · #5 12-10-2007, 10:33 AM

The BA 3 is for Fenders with String-thru three screw bridges, the BAII is for 5 string top loading bridges.

BillMason · #6 12-10-2007, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lug

The BA 3 is for Fenders with String-thru three screw bridges, the BAII is for 5 string top loading bridges.

The BAII is *not* for 5-string models. It is for 4-string top load models, such as the Mexican, Japanese, and Squiers, with *5 screws* in the bridge. The 3-screw, top-load bridges are used on the MIA and MIA Deluxe Fenders, and they use the BAIII.

There is a BA5 for five string models.

DocBop · #7 12-10-2007, 11:17 AM

I put a BA III on my 2002 MIA JBass and fit perfectly and the grooved bridge pieces made install simple as can be. It increase the clarity of the bass and a taste more sustain.

BA III are for newer MIA 3-screw, string-thru model Fenders. Many Fenders still come with the old style 5-screw, top load bridge and the old BA-II is the bridge for them.

lug · #8 12-10-2007, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillMason

The BAII is *not* for 5-string models. It is for 4-string top load models, such as the Mexican, Japanese, and Squiers, with *5 screws* in the bridge. The 3-screw, top-load bridges are used on the MIA and MIA Deluxe Fenders, and they use the BAIII.

There is a BA5 for five string models.

My bad, I meant to say "5 screw" instead of "5 string".

No4PCs · #9 12-10-2007, 02:29 PM

(Sorry my poor english in advanced!)

Yes friends, im questioning BA3 because it have the "lateral adjustments" for strings spacement and the old BA2 don´t.
Those "lateral adjustments" is fixed in 2mm each step, i think...
Hipshop comes with that pre-fixed, i mean, could be better if the bridge comes with kind " adjust the string space yourself", you know?