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11-20-2007, 11:04 AM
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I have a Turser '54 P copy and need to add weight at the butt end to reduce neck dive. I have a Fender bridge cover on it (really adds a nice visual touch) and I'm wondering if a BA II will fit under the bridge cover. Anyone tried this??
Last edited by Pilgrim : 11-20-2007 at 11:51 AM.
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11-20-2007, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim  I have a Turser '54 P copy and need to add weight at the butt end to reduce neck dive. I have a Fender bridge cover on it (really adds a nice visual touch) and I'm wondering if a BA II will fit under the bridge cover. Anyone tried this?? | No sir, won't fit. |
11-20-2007, 12:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brighton, UK | | As a matter of fact, you may be in luck...as LONG as it's a Precision-stylee bass, if you got the suitable bridge cover and bolted it on then it should fit. In fact, I know this because on eBay a lot of people have been marketing the P-bass cover as the "BadAss Fender cover" or even the "Geddy Lee" cover..  Anyway, the front of the bridge might show a little bit but apart from that it should fit fine.
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11-20-2007, 12:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | | i don't think it'll fit.
but cmon, why cover it?
okok, so to reduce neck dive. oh nevermind. |
11-20-2007, 12:09 PM
| | | | well if you get a BAII on there it's pretty weighty so I don't think you'll have a problem with neck dive. |
11-20-2007, 12:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brighton, UK | | Yep, that's a very good point too  A BadAss would be nice and weighty, in fact that could do the job better than a bridge cover would be able to. Would look very nice though, either way 
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11-20-2007, 04:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | The Turser bass is very light - only about 6.5 pounds. I've been playing around with various ways to shift the balance and lessen the neck dive. One of my best alternatives is that a tire shop gave me 12 oz. of adhesive tire weights, much of which I think I could stick inside the bridge cover. I haven't been able to get an accurate weight on the BA II, but it's clearly heavier than the standard Fender-style bridge that's on the bass. However, I'm sure it's not 12 oz. heavier than the Fender-style bridge.
What would be ideal would be adding the bridge AND still having room to add a bunch of the adhesive weight inside the bridge. I could easily add a pound to the butt end of the bass without making it unpleasantly heavy. That's why I'm playing with the idea of a BA II. The cover doesn't weigh enough to make any difference in the balance, it just looks great. |
11-20-2007, 05:22 PM
| | America's Favorite Hot Dog! | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHI/NWI | | | Have you thought about getting a grippier strap? I have a P bass that's a little neck heavy WITH a BAII, but as long as I wear the right strap, I never notice.
You could also relocate the bottom strap button to a higher point on the bottom of the bass...but that might look cheesy. |
11-20-2007, 06:02 PM
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Someone here a while back tried it, and the BAII did fit under a P cover.
Try a wide, suede strap. It works wonders for neck dive.
As for the weight of a BAII chrome, w/o mounting screws:  |
11-20-2007, 06:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | THANKS!!! 7.7 oz helps. And that's more info than leo Quann sent me when I emailed him asking the weight. He sent a long, interesting reply but no weight spec.
I can weigh my Fender bridge (or maybe I have one loose) and see how much difference it would make to switch.
Yup, I have a grippy strap |
11-20-2007, 06:47 PM
| | ...overly qualified for janitorical deployment... | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cameron, NC USA | | | To be clear:
I haven't personally tried a P cover on a BAII, and I haven't been able to find the old post where someone tried a P cover on a BAII and claimed it worked... I looked. |
11-23-2007, 05:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: London, UK. | | | When i ordered my HW-One (with BAII) earlier this month i also ordered a bridge cover for it. It doesn't fit.
Im not sure if there are larger versions of the cover but the standard one is not wide enough.
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11-23-2007, 05:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | I solved my problem - kept the stock bridge and added 11.5 oz of adhesive tire weights under and inside the cover. Now the bass balances much better! Moreover, I didn't spend $ on a bridge I don't need. I've always been happy with the stock Fender-style bridges.
For a "how-to", check my post #136 near the end of this thread, with pictures.... http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...34#post4939332
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