| Your gear profile shows that you have a few Fender basses.
The bridge on the bass in question is the same as your current gear.
I personally, never had a problem with the Fender bridges, but I have used other bridges. I have since gone back to using the stock bridges. Except on my Geddy which does wear a BAII.
I have used the Gotoh 201 bridge, it is a direct fit,and it is a well made bridge. Tonally, compared to a stock bridge, I don't like it. It does have a thicker baseplate, and larger diameter barrells.
Whether or not you will need to shim your neck depends on your bass, and if you can set it up to your liking.
A shim is a piece of material, that sits in the neck pocket, usually at the heel end. This raises the neck angle slightly. Raising the neck angle means that you will need to raise your bridge saddles to compensate. This is useful when your bridge is adjusted as low as it can go, but you would like to lower it further.
A lot of basses have a small piece of sandpaper in the neck pocket. This is normally put there as a shim. People sometimes assume it is a piece of trash left there during the build, and throw it out.
It does not take a very thick piece of material to manifest a large change in bridge saddle height. Something as thin as 1/100" is plenty of thickness. I prefer to make a shim from a piece of hardwood, when I need one for my bass.
I cut a sliver of hardwood, and trace the outline of the heel end of my neck on it. You only need the shim to go back about 30/40% of the pocket. It needs to be thicker at the front, and taper to a sliver at the end.
Last edited by mrhardy : 01-26-2009 at 07:08 AM.
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