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Changing bridges

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utopia_imminent

Jun 19, 2004
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I have a bass whose bridge has a 20mm spacing. But, i have searched high and low. I have only managed to find the bridge on the Internet that could fit on my bass. However, the string spacing is 19mm. I know it would feel a lot different but it doesn't matter. Would the 1mm make any difference to the intonation?
 
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utopia_imminent said:
I have a bass whose bridge has a 20mm spacing. But, i have searched high and low. I have only managed to find the bridge on the Internet that could fit on my bass. However, the string spacing is 19mm. I know it would feel a lot different but it doesn't matter. Would the 1mm make any difference to the intonation?
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Intonation is the matching of the instruments physical scale length (not just the stated scale length) to the string's speaking length. A sideways variation like string spacing won't have an effect on a lengthwise adjustment.
 

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