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Bassass Bridge ii for Jazz Bass installation

#4
OldWorldman
I cant wait, i just got this MIA Jazz bazz, i'm changing the pickguard, for a diferent color, the string, for a Thomastik Roundwound, the neck plate, for the one that says " Fender Corona California ", but this bridge is enormous, i can wait till i have it all together, probably in a week....
 
#6
My MIA Jazz sustains forever . . . I played a note last Thursday, and I can still hear it ringing out in the case. Seriously, it's a good bridge . . . I'd do or have done a really good setup on it first!

BTW . . . I agree with landau roof regarding the BA III - IF - your bass is a 2003 and newer . . . BA II if not . . .
 
#10
Question?...are the saddles with multiple grooves or just single groove from previous owner?....I ask because if it is the multi grooved bridge, then just adjust strings so gaps and placement between pole pieces are to your liking. Just another thought. Either wise a VERY straight forward install.
 
#11
I thought the badass ii bridge had the perfect measurements to fit the holes that are already there, the MIA Jazz Bass stock bridge! Just by looking at it, looks like the holes that are there from the original bridge will fit the badass ii bridge perfect, the holes for the string goes thru the bridge, and not thru the body of the bass, i wasn't sure if the .105 would fit, or i would have to drill the hole a little bigger! Thanks!
 
#14
Lazarevicmass said:
Its a string thru stock bridge!
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Lazarevicmass said:
I thought the badass ii bridge had the perfect measurements to fit the holes that are already there, the MIA Jazz Bass stock bridge! Just by looking at it, looks like the holes that are there from the original bridge will fit the badass ii bridge perfect, the holes for the string goes thru the bridge, and not thru the body of the bass
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Okay, just so we're on the same page because maybe you're a li'l confused and it's confusing me, this is "string thru [body]" on an American Standard Jazz, and they've been equipped like this since the '90s. The bridge has seven holes total, three for screws, four for the strings go through the body. You can also pass the strings through the bridge and not the body. If this is what you have, you need a Badass III.

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This is a non-string thru American Special Jazz. There are five holes in the bridge and no provisions for the strings to pass through the body. If this is what you have, you use the Badass II.

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#18
if it's the string-through-body american standard, then the badass is no kind of upgrade at all (even the correct badass III).

if you have a top-load american special, then the grooved badass could be considered an upgrade just because it allows for proper string spacing and keeps the saddles from sliding around.

(for my money you could do the same thing with some vintage-style threaded-rod saddles, but at least it's not a step backwards.)
 

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