stings bent oddly at bridge

Geezerman · #1 11-08-2005, 03:37 PM

I noticed this while re-stringin my bass the other week. I have DR Red Devils on my bass, when you see the bent weird, even the red coat seems to be coming off there. Now i finally put 2 and 2 together and realized thats where 80% of my strings are breaking from. Do I have a bad bridge? Is there an easy fix to this

Edit: Bad pic included

Magneto · #2 11-08-2005, 08:17 PM

Something appears to be out of whack with that bridge's saddles, but it could just be the angle of the photo. It looks almost identical to my ESP-LTD bridge. In that pic, the saddles seem to be misaligned, as though they (or the adjusting screw) are bent.

Another thing I see is that the ball ends of the strings are cocked at an angle, almost like the wire that goes around them is pinching in the slot. If that is the case, that would definately cause a string breakage.

Mag...

Geezerman · #3 11-09-2005, 01:28 AM

Thanks for the reply! I'm thinking about just putting a new bridge on, I'll try to solve the problem first though

Magneto · #4 11-09-2005, 08:17 AM

What brand/model bass is that bridge off of? I'm curious. It sure looks like an ESP-LTD B or F series bridge..
In case it is, you could find a replacement here
http://guitarpartsdepot.com/Merchant...gory_Code=LTDB

However, I don't know if they carry the cosmo black hardware which most LTDs seem to come stock with.

Mag...