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Old 04-12-2005, 05:58 PM
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I have a BD7, I was curious if you can get a wider spacing nut and bridge for this bass? I hope this is the right forum for this question, any help would be appreciated!!!!
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Old 04-12-2005, 06:01 PM
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hmm. well, i don't think there's much more room on the neck for that. are you aware that the gt7 groove tools 7 has a wider spaced nut already? about 1/4" wider
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Old 04-12-2005, 07:59 PM
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I'm sure you could if you wanted to make it a 6, but you can't spread the 7 strings out wider and still have them ALL over the neck.
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Old 04-13-2005, 12:28 AM
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There was a BD-7 on Bassalone for awhile that had an upgraded(supposedly)wider bridge- I think it was an ABM. It's been gone for some time now, but perhaps John Dimaggio could help.
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So why does the GT7 have a wider spacing than the more expensive BD7 Dont get me wrong, I like my BD7, but I am curious plus, it looks like there is plenty of room to spread the strings a little further apart on the BD7, although some may not perfer to do this.
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Old 04-14-2005, 08:15 PM
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Well the BD7 is the Bill Dickens Sig model, so the narrow spacing might be his choosing.
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