BadassII keep the strings to high?!

[gil_mor]

Hi all,
Odd question:

I recently changed the stock bridge on my squire p bass to a BAII, from some reason even when I lower the saddles all the way down - the action is too high (on my G and E).

The neck is fine as far as I can tell, never had any problems with my stock bridge either.
I played (carefully) with the truss rod, even when it was "too straight" the strings were to high.

What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks.

[JustOpenYourMind]

Nothing, the badass II bridge baseplate is way thicker than you standard fender bridge, so by default the strings are going to be higher.

Two solutions:

Shim the neck

or

Cut grooves in the saddles deep enough to get your string at the height you want.

[ia02]

did you file the slots in the saddles as you are supposed to? if so you can either: A-file them deeper, but not too deep. you should be no deeper than about 1/3-1/2 of the strings diameter. AND/OR B-shim the neck. Do a search, surely someone on here has asked this question before. In essence, you will need to add a thin piece of solid material (cut it 1/4" wide, as long as the neck pocket, like a business card, guitar pick etc) to the front of the neck pocket, that it, the end closest to the pickups.

Don't mess with the truss rod too much. Adjust it to fender specs, maybe a bit straighter. Truss rod adjustments are NOT a proper way to adjust action. Good luck...

[ia02]

Originally Posted by JustOpenYourMind

Nothing, the badass II bridge baseplate is way thicker than you standard fender bridge, so by default the strings are going to be higher.

Two solutions:

Shim the neck

or

Cut grooves in the saddles deep enough to get your string at the height you want.

must have gotten this response in here as i was typing mine. i should have taken a typing class in high school.

[gil_mor]

Thanks for the super quick answer,
Well, the the grooves are bout 1/3-1/2 of the strings diameter.
I'm not gonna mess with the neck, I think I'll just go back to my stock bridge.

The only issue I had with the stock bridge is strings breaking, do you think it might have anything to do with it?

[beelzelboss]

there is probably a sharp corner on your stock bridge. Depends on where its snapping... If its at the bridge (which i'm guessing why you would replace it) that its snapping figuire out which string it is, then go (when the string is off) and feel if there is a sharp corner. Then you should slightly shave it down, like high 600+ grain sandpaper

[Craig_S]

Just shim the neck.