Badass Bass II

[Asllan Pizzatto]

I really came in here for the Royal Metallic Blue Harris, but what you should do is clean that with some super fine machine oil or brass wind oil. Make sure it's not rusted or seized up and then keep using it as is forever. Don't be bothered by its aging. Everything shows signs of use and hopefully of good maintenance along the way. P.s that's nothing!

If you only knew the trouble this bass has caused me in the year and a half since I bought it... but I can't give it up. It's been my dream since I started playing bass 9 years ago...

 

[micguy]

It was burned... The bridge is 16 years old and didn't show a single sign of wear...

Hear won't do that - a soldering iron won't get hot enough to damage plating or zinc. That's corrosion that started by the saddle screw (dissimilar metals) and is crawling along the zinc under the plating - a bit of sweat gets through the plating somewhere, and it's off to the races.

You don't need "wear" for corrosion to start - just a pinhole in the plating on the microscopic level.

 

[micguy]

That's one of my fears. This bridge is pre-All Parts. I can't tell if the current Badass bridges have the same quality as the old ones... the first thing big companies do when they buy a smaller company is always lower the quality standard. So, yes! I'm apprehensive... but I'm also a total perfectionist. I hate leaving things like this.

I had several of the very early badass bridges, and those had corrosion problems. They haven't "gotten worse", they were never really good.

 

[Asllan Pizzatto]

Hear won't do that - a soldering iron won't get hot enough to damage plating or zinc. That's corrosion that started by the saddle screw (dissimilar metals) and is crawling along the zinc under the plating - a bit of sweat gets through the plating somewhere, and it's off to the races.

You don't need "wear" for corrosion to start - just a pinhole in the plating on the microscopic level.

Man, I don't know. He has a yellow mark that's clearly a burn. I honestly don't doubt the incompetence of some professionals...

 

[micguy]

Man, I don't know. He has a yellow mark that's clearly a burn. I honestly don't doubt the incompetence of some professionals...

Lead free soldering irons work at a temperature of 350-400 Celsius (750 Fahrenheit is about 400 Celsius).

Chrome is good to about 1300 Fahrenheit. That ain't your problem. Zinc burns at around 1650 Fahrenheit. Again, not your problem.

You might have an oxide (corrosion) layer that's giving you a discoloration, but it's not a burn.

 

[REMBO]

Honestly, I'd just leave it alone! Bass bridges get a little corroded! Just Rock It As Is!

 

[fretno]

If you only knew the trouble this bass has caused me in the year and a half since I bought it... but I can't give it up. It's been my dream since I started playing bass 9 years ago...

I know the feeling but I gave in and off'd mine. It's probably my all time favorite color but the body alone was like 7lbs lol. Up The Irons !