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11-06-2011, 03:56 PM
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Hi all
This may be a dumb question but I was wondering if heavy flatwound strings wil bend the bridge?
The gauges are 52-110 if I remember rightly.
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11-06-2011, 04:14 PM
|  | Say something once, why say it again? | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Johns, Michigan | | | Probably not. Bridges can bend, they're made of metal. However, they are made to hold up to being used on a bass guitar, so they will be fine. Unless...
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11-06-2011, 04:19 PM
| | | | Unless......what! |
11-06-2011, 04:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mid-Atlantic USA. | | | That would depend on the brand of bass. Rickenbacker bridges will bend because of bad desigh and they are made of pot metal. |
11-06-2011, 04:27 PM
| | | | If its one of them thin bent metal bridges like lots of fenders use. And if its a knockoff bass using same kind of thin bent metal bridge, but even cheaper one, then I could see heavy gauge high tension strings possibly bending it.
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11-06-2011, 05:06 PM
| | | | Doubtful, unless it's a total p.o.s. |
11-06-2011, 06:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | | Hi.
Almost any bridge can and will bend eventually, no biggie.
As mentioned before, Ric is notorius with this.
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Sam |
11-06-2011, 08:03 PM
| | | | as to the intent of the question, don't worry about the bridge, it'll be fine.
it's the neck that can bend more with those big strings, and may need to be adjusted to compensate. also, the slots in the nut may need to be widened so the strings don't pinch.
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11-06-2011, 10:10 PM
| | | | It's a Fender American Deluxe Precision with the humbucker. I only had the strings on for about less than 7 hours and took them off cause they were just too high tension too play. |
11-06-2011, 11:05 PM
| | | | that bass has a through-body bridge; it'll never bend.
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11-07-2011, 12:45 AM
| | | | It just looks like the part where you would top load the strings is risen from the body of the bass instead of lying level to it If that makes sense. |
11-07-2011, 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Deaky It just looks like the part where you would top load the strings is risen from the body of the bass instead of lying level to it If that makes sense. | Perfectly normal with traditional bridge design, IME.
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11-07-2011, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by darkstorm If its one of them thin bent metal bridges like lots of fenders use. And if its a knockoff bass using same kind of thin bent metal bridge, but even cheaper one, then I could see heavy gauge high tension strings possibly bending it. | I have NEVER seen that on a bent metal Fender style bridge. In the forty + years I've been playing, I've never even heard of such a thing. Rics, yes, Fenders, no.
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11-07-2011, 11:59 AM
|  | <---Shinola Shite--^ | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada | | | Besides, the string holes in L plates are so low, there is not much leverage and the mounting screws are so close to the bend yielding plenty of support. I do have an HM bridge on a '89 Squier 5 banger that has lifted at the tail and a business card fits under, but the ball ends are about a half inch behind the mount screws. It presents no problems.
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11-07-2011, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia | | | The stock bridge on my '08 American Standard P-bass is slightly lifted up in the back corner. I wouldn't say it's bent but it's definitely not contacting the wood. You could probably fit a business card or two under it. This concerns me. |
11-07-2011, 12:13 PM
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11-07-2011, 12:14 PM
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11-07-2011, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BROKEN OHMS The stock bridge on my '08 American Standard P-bass is slightly lifted up in the back corner. I wouldn't say it's bent but it's definitely not contacting the wood. You could probably fit a business card or two under it. This concerns me. | What is your concern?
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11-07-2011, 09:05 PM
| | | | try tightening the three mounting screws.
the pull of the strings is largely taken by the body (string-through, remember?)
that bridge is not gonna deform. if there's any bend, it was probably there from day one.
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11-09-2011, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by 96tbird What is your concern? | I just assume that the whole bridge should be flat to the wood. It doesn't seem to affect the sound our playability though. I'll try tightening the screws. I don't have it strung through the body because with Chromes, the silk ends up past the nut on to the fretboard.
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