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03-02-2013, 09:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: North Dakota, USA | | | Best bridge for Squier VM Jazz in YOUR opinion?
Thinking about getting a new bridge, although the stock one is OK.
Looking for more sustain, and something that will require no routing, or drilling. Just unscrew the old one and screw on the new one.
Is the Badass II my best option? Isn't there a Badass III?
Also, the cheaper, the better (Still, Quality > Price).
Opinions/Thoughts?
Also, I'm lefty, so a bridge that doesn't need any extra adjustments would be great.
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03-02-2013, 10:04 PM
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I setup & repair guitars & basses | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kensington, Ca | | | Looking for more sustain
Convert the neck attachment to machine screws & threaded inserts. This will get you closer to where you want to be than a bridge replacement.
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03-02-2013, 10:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central Valley | | the Gotoh 201 is a direct drop in replacement... 
runs about $40.00 new
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03-02-2013, 10:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kittery, ME | | | Look at the Babicz Full Contact Hardware. I think that's what I'm going to go with. I don't believe the BAIII is a direct replacement for Squiers. There's also Hipshot. |
03-03-2013, 04:52 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | | IMO, the stock one on there already is perfect. All the rest is snake oil IMO.
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03-03-2013, 05:10 AM
|  | ☼ | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Marlborough, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by C.Linton  IMO, the stock one on there already is perfect. All the rest is snake oil IMO. | Yes, yes it is.
I installed a Babicz (direct replacement on my VM Jaguar) and the only thing that changed was the appearance. |
03-03-2013, 06:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by C.Linton IMO, the stock one on there already is perfect. All the rest is snake oil IMO. | Well, since Walter hasn't showed up yet, the VMJ bridge isn't perfect; swap the saddles for threaded original and THEN it's perfect. $17 + shipping. That ain't snake oil.
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03-03-2013, 07:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Saturn, Solar System | | | yes i replaced it with fender vintage bridge. small but noticeable tone and sustain improvement, easier to adjust. |
03-03-2013, 07:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kittery, ME | | | For me the Babicz is more about its ability to lock and its aesthetic value than about sustain or tone. |
03-03-2013, 12:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by 96tbird Well, since Walter hasn't showed up yet, the VMJ bridge isn't perfect; swap the saddles for threaded original and THEN it's perfect. $17 + shipping. That ain't snake oil. | Indeed, I had forgot about the threaded saddles. It's something I've been considereing myself, but only for aesthetic reasons, not because it will improve anything, functionaly speaking. The stock bridge is "mostly" perfect, in that it works exactly as it should.
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03-03-2013, 01:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ottawa and its Environs. | | | Fender high-Mass Vintage
Hipshot Vintage Bent Plate, replacement saddles (threaded)
Schaller Roller Bridge
Which of these wouldn't work?
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03-03-2013, 02:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada | | | They all work as long as the string spacing and screw pattern are the same.
Clinton: the threaded saddles will allow you to perfectly align the ostrich with the poles on a jazz. You will find the e and g strings will be angled from the saddle to the tail stop causing the string tension to force the two outer saddles inward against the two middle saddles. This will lock all four in and saddles won't budge. The stock bridge can skate around under hard plucking. Not a big deal but a bonus of the threaded saddles.
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03-03-2013, 05:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: North Dakota, USA | | | So, will a badass ii drop right into the VM jazz?
Same for the gotoh?
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03-03-2013, 06:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada | | | Uh huh
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03-03-2013, 09:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by 96tbird They all work as long as the string spacing and screw pattern are the same.
Clinton: the threaded saddles will allow you to perfectly align the ostrich with the poles on a jazz. You will find the e and g strings will be angled from the saddle to the tail stop causing the string tension to force the two outer saddles inward against the two middle saddles. This will lock all four in and saddles won't budge. The stock bridge can skate around under hard plucking. Not a big deal but a bonus of the threaded saddles. | Yes, I know all this.
This^ in bold is the only reason I'm thinking of getting the threaded saddles, but purely for looks, as I know the misalignment doesn't actually affect anything as far as tone and volume is concerned
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03-03-2013, 09:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: North Dakota, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by 96tbird Uh huh | Alright, cool.
I'm kinda going for a black(er) color scheme, so a black bridge will really make the bass look better, I think, IMO. 
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03-03-2013, 09:27 PM
| | | | Gotoh 201. The Badass bridges are overpriced IMO, a bridge is a bridge except for mass. I got a black Gotoh for my VM Jag and am very happy. |
03-03-2013, 09:55 PM
|  | Billy K Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: North Bay Marin | |  got all you requested in a bridge
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03-03-2013, 10:08 PM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | The Gotoh 201 is a very well-made, good looking bridge. I put one on my MIM Jazz back when I felt that these things would make a difference.
It did - it looks better than the old one! Sound-wise, I didn't notice anything.
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03-04-2013, 11:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina | | i use Hipshot Style B and is just perfect  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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