any recommendations, it looks like the hipshot would be the best one, but I'm looking into to it. I'll hopefully be getting the bass soon. I finally found one.
I'm not a fan of having to run the strings through the bridge during a restring, especially the B string, it's just a pain in the ass. Anyways, IF I get the bass (and I hope I do) I'm gonna be doing a lot of mods to it. I may swap the vari-mid for a Bartolini EQ, and I'll most likely be swapping the pickups to Barts as well. So I figure go with a slightly more substantial bridge that I dont have to run the strings through.
Hipshot would probably be best as you described. Now as far as direct retrofit.. Only one way to find out If you dump that Pre.. shoot me a PM