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03-11-2008, 03:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Massachusetts | | | Badass Bridges?
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Hey all, I have a 2000 Fender Standard Jazz Bass (American of course) and I've been looking to get a new bridge for it. I know the Badass II is great for sustain and tone, but I've noticed they are held on with 5 bolds. The problem being my current bass bridge is held of with 3. Do I have to drill my body so the bridge fits, or is there a 3 hold model?  |
03-11-2008, 03:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada | | | Badass Bass III drops right onto the American Series without modification. |
03-11-2008, 03:59 PM
|  | D. Snutz | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN | | | Dude, do a google search. There are 3-bolt models. Pretty much any place you can order them from will have 3-bolt versions too. (I think the BA-I was a 3 bolt model).
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03-11-2008, 04:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mason City, IA | | | If you are looking for a good bridge, I would also check out the Gotoh 201. I bought that and it dropped right into place and it sounds amazing. I've had the BAII on a different J bass and the Gotoh on my '94 Fender J and, although both are an improvement, they are very comprable. Plus, you can save almost $100 by going the Gotoh route. Both have proven effective to me, so it's a matter of whether you want the name or not.
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03-11-2008, 04:19 PM
|  | Proud to be in the LOWER class \m/ | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Plainfield Illinois | | | I put a BADASS3 on my 2004 MIA Jazz. I bought it for $69 dollars shipped on ebay, grooved saddles and all, and I love it. It is a perfect 3 hole match for my MIA Fender. |
03-11-2008, 04:36 PM
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I still haven't tried anything that made me want to retire my original Badass, which I think smokes the Badass II |
03-11-2008, 09:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA /El Paso TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by gnarlyopossum  If you are looking for a good bridge, I would also check out the Gotoh 201. I bought that and it dropped right into place and it sounds amazing. I've had the BAII on a different J bass and the Gotoh on my '94 Fender J and, although both are an improvement, they are very comprable. Plus, you can save almost $100 by going the Gotoh route. Both have proven effective to me, so it's a matter of whether you want the name or not. | Gotoh 201 is not a drop-in replacement for MIA Fenders but it is a good bridge. BTW the stock bridge on the MIA is heavy enough, you will have no or little improvement from replacing it with a badass |
03-13-2008, 07:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Massachusetts | | Quote:
Originally Posted by joeyl Gotoh 201 is not a drop-in replacement for MIA Fenders but it is a good bridge. BTW the stock bridge on the MIA is heavy enough, you will have no or little improvement from replacing it with a badass |
Umm, are you sure about that. I've noticed a huge difference just playing my friends MIJ P/J bass when he switched out the bridge for a Badass II. |
03-13-2008, 11:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA /El Paso TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bdanster92 Umm, are you sure about that. I've noticed a huge difference just playing my friends MIJ P/J bass when he switched out the bridge for a Badass II. | umm, did you see that I said MIA  ? MIA bridges have a quite heavy baseplate and backplate. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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