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#4
Low.....mmmmm Geddy J-Retro.



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#9
Even though I posted in this thread, I never did understand it.

You don't like the feel of the BAII bridge? How do you feel your bridge? I'm not sure what this thread is asking, I'm not trying to offend you or anything, but - you do know that you can raise and lower the action on a BAII bridge, and well any bridge, right?

I'm confused as to what you're reallly trying to get at in this thread. :confused:

Sorry of I missed something. I hope your happy with your new stock Fender bridge - If you're happy I guess that's all that matters.
 
#10
Back to the action question- I was unable to lower my strings to the desired level due to the thickness of the bad-ass bridge. When I straightened the neck more, the action came down to where I like it. E string 2,5/32nds, down to 2/32nds on the G string-no buzz with light touch.
 
#11
Matthew Bryson said:
Even though I posted in this thread, I never did understand it.

You don't like the feel of the BAII bridge? How do you feel your bridge? I'm not sure what this thread is asking, I'm not trying to offend you or anything, but - you do know that you can raise and lower the action on a BAII bridge, and well any bridge, right?

I'm confused as to what you're reallly trying to get at in this thread. :confused:

Sorry of I missed something. I hope your happy with your new stock Fender bridge - If you're happy I guess that's all that matters.
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The feel of the strings change with different sizes of mass in the bridge,and you can feel the the effect the bridge has on the strings,some like badass some don't.I personally don't like a big hunk of metal on my bass,you get a stiff string feel,i like a more smoother feel.
 
#13
I've found that the neck on my Geddy moves quite a bit. Not sure if this is because of the reduced mass of the "shaved" neck. The other day I pulled it out after it was in its gig bag for few months and it was unplayable. Strings draped right over the frets, buzzing, no sound. I popped off the neck and adjusted the truss rod about an 1/8th turn to the left and the problem was solved, back to nice medium-low action.
 
#14
Matthew Bryson said:
Even though I posted in this thread, I never did understand it.

You don't like the feel of the BAII bridge? How do you feel your bridge? I'm not sure what this thread is asking, I'm not trying to offend you or anything, but - you do know that you can raise and lower the action on a BAII bridge, and well any bridge, right?

I'm confused as to what you're reallly trying to get at in this thread. :confused:

Sorry of I missed something. I hope your happy with your new stock Fender bridge - If you're happy I guess that's all that matters.
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I am probably one of the first if not the first to post about having a Geddy and removing the badassII. I took mine off a few day's after i got mine! There is a significant difference in how the strings feel (to me that is) with the stock Fender bridge and there is a difference in sound also. Btw I also have a Marcus Miller and the action as well as the tension on that bass is slightly stiffer regardless of string brand or guage. My bass sounds like an alder bodied/maple necked 70's jazz, the only thing it retains is the hard rolloff of the tone control (from mellow to bright). My Geddy is the bass I practice with the most sits a
on a stand alway's available in my livingroom, best $600 new I ever spent!
 
#15
I bought my Geddy and found the action way too high.I took off the neck and gave it a bit of a tweek and the action is extreemly low.Way too low.No buzzing anywhere but too low just the same.You could hit notes by breathing on them. I raised the saddles on the bridge and it came right in to where it needed to be.I've never had a bass that I could adjust as low as I could with this Jazz.Really somthing else.
Now if I would only play it.
 
#16
pyrohr said:
I am probably one of the first if not the first to post about having a Geddy and removing the badassII. I took mine off a few day's after i got mine! There is a significant difference in how the strings feel (to me that is) with the stock Fender bridge and there is a difference in sound also. Btw I also have a Marcus Miller and the action as well as the tension on that bass is slightly stiffer regardless of string brand or guage. My bass sounds like an alder bodied/maple necked 70's jazz, the only thing it retains is the hard rolloff of the tone control (from mellow to bright). My Geddy is the bass I practice with the most sits a
on a stand alway's available in my livingroom, best $600 new I ever spent!
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cool i'm not the only one.
 
#18
Bridge's don't affect the string's "feel". I'm sorry to you guys that think you noticed something, but it's probably a case of self-fulfilling prophecy. If you had tested this using a double-blind method, you probably wouldn't have noticed a thing, other than a tonal difference, which the bridge will affect. Given the same string, the same length, and the same wood used to stretch that string, the taughtness will always be the same if the bridge is securely mounted in the same place. It's a matter of physics, and it's been tested many times by luthiers.

Now, there is one caveat to what I'm saying here. If one bridge has the saddles extended out futher than the other, then there will of course be a difference in strength tention. If there was indeed a difference in the taughtness of the string (which can only be measured with a device that would display the tensile pressure), then this is what caused it, not the the thickness of the bridge itself.

Often what happens when people conduct these types of tests is that a warmer, softer, louder, more meaty tone (whatever the case may be) causes them to inaccurately make determinations about factors that may or may not have changed at all, such as "feel".

Irregardless, if you like the stock bridge better, by all means use it!
 
#19
Eublet said:
Bridge's don't affect the string's "feel". I'm sorry to you guys that think you noticed something, but it's probably a case of self-fulfilling prophecy. If you had tested this using a double-blind method, you probably wouldn't have noticed a thing, other than a tonal difference, which the bridge will affect. Given the same string, the same length, and the same wood used to stretch that string, the taughtness will always be the same if the bridge is securely mounted in the same place. It's a matter of physics, and it's been tested many times by luthiers.

Now, there is one caveat to what I'm saying here. If one bridge has the saddles extended out futher than the other, then there will of course be a difference in strength tention. If there was indeed a difference in the taughtness of the string (which can only be measured with a device that would display the tensile pressure), then this is what caused it, not the the thickness of the bridge itself.

Often what happens when people conduct these types of tests is that a warmer, softer, louder, more meaty tone (whatever the case may be) causes them to inaccurately make determinations about factors that may or may not have changed at all, such as "feel".

Irregardless, if you like the stock bridge better, by all means use it!
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Well thanks for the info,but honestly i can feel a difference,mass of the bridge will affect the vibration of the string and thus feel.The badass bridge i took off was some hunk of metal.
 
#20
Eublet said:
Bridge's don't affect the string's "feel". I'm sorry to you guys that think you noticed something, but it's probably a case of self-fulfilling prophecy. If you had tested this using a double-blind method, you probably wouldn't have noticed a thing, other than a tonal difference, which the bridge will affect. Given the same string, the same length, and the same wood used to stretch that string, the taughtness will always be the same if the bridge is securely mounted in the same place. It's a matter of physics, and it's been tested many times by luthiers.

Now, there is one caveat to what I'm saying here. If one bridge has the saddles extended out futher than the other, then there will of course be a difference in strength tention. If there was indeed a difference in the taughtness of the string (which can only be measured with a device that would display the tensile pressure), then this is what caused it, not the the thickness of the bridge itself.

Often what happens when people conduct these types of tests is that a warmer, softer, louder, more meaty tone (whatever the case may be) causes them to inaccurately make determinations about factors that may or may not have changed at all, such as "feel".

Irregardless, if you like the stock bridge better, by all means use it!
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I understand and support your reasoning, but I think it's all about perception, just like break-angles and string-through bodies... If I 'perceive' a difference, then that difference exists, even if it's only in my mind :)... That perception would be reason enough for me to change it...

That being said, I too replaced my BA II for a stock Fender bridge, not for feel, but for tone... The bass 'breathes' more evenly in the middle part of the neck, the tone is far thicker, and the notes seem to jump out more... At least, this is what I and my bandmates perceive!!

On topic, my action is setup medium-to-low...

-robert
 

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