- Jul 3, 2007
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- Author of "Soul Fingers." I'm the Duck Dunn expert.
I hope this doesn't break a rule by muddying up the board with another Duck post, but I didn't want this one to get buried in the thread with the full image/video of the bass.
Duck used a nut and a ball end as spacers for his A and E strings to keep the "witness point" (thank you for educating us, @SteveCS) to include only the pure part of the string, not the mangled mess by the ball end. The idea being the sound would be better. I don't know how much a difference it makes, but I did add some hex nuts onto a few of my basses. It seems only the old school stock Fender bridges really need it because the saddles sit so close to the ball ends.
I managed to get a closeup of the bridge while I was babysitting this instrument.
And here's what I did:
Keep in mind if you ever do this, and you use LaBella 0760s (like me), take the E string with you to find the right size. My first trip ended up with nuts too small (uh.....). I can't remember the size.
Duck used a nut and a ball end as spacers for his A and E strings to keep the "witness point" (thank you for educating us, @SteveCS) to include only the pure part of the string, not the mangled mess by the ball end. The idea being the sound would be better. I don't know how much a difference it makes, but I did add some hex nuts onto a few of my basses. It seems only the old school stock Fender bridges really need it because the saddles sit so close to the ball ends.
I managed to get a closeup of the bridge while I was babysitting this instrument.
And here's what I did:
Keep in mind if you ever do this, and you use LaBella 0760s (like me), take the E string with you to find the right size. My first trip ended up with nuts too small (uh.....). I can't remember the size.
