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NBD!!! Gibson Krist Novoselic RD!!!

Hey everyone! My birthday recently came and went so I decided to use my birthday money to buy something totally badass; my first Gibby!!! Since Krist is one of my favourite bassists (and, in my opinion, one of the most underrated), I decided to purchase his signature RD. Another reason I had GAS for this axe was because I've always been a huge fan of the old school RDs, mainly because they look cool and are built like tanks.

So the bass arrived two days ago and I have been playing it non-stop. Although many people are against the choice of pickups for this bass, I personally think they sound wonderful, especially when coupled with the 10 pounds and 11 ounces of maple and metal the bass brings to the table. The only complaint I have about this bass is the bridge. I've always thought the stock 3-point bridges were a bit wimpy...

If you guys want pictures, I shall post them tomorrow as it is quite late right now and I would rather wait for better lighting conditions in which to take the pictures in, in order to make the bass look as majestic (yes, I just used that word to describe a bass ;)) as possible.
 
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Good for you. Enjoy!

I love Krist's bass, but haven't found one close to an acceptable weight for me. They all seem to be in that 11lb range.

Check out the Badbird bridge. Made for Thunderbirds, but the may be an option for your bass.

Godofthunder59 (Scott) invented it and is a very active TBer as well. Good dude.
 
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The Krist RD is an awesome bass! Congrats man! I gigged one for a while and miss mine dearly!

Once that 3 point bridge is set up properly it's rock solid (especially since the krist is string thru), me personally? I've been through the the hipshot bridge thing and didn't really feel any benefits.. But of course others may agree/disagree!!
 
And Mr.wow, on your one, did you get a lot of fret buzz? I'm asking this as, on this bass, no matter how I adjust the truss or the bridge, there is always some buzz. Because of this, I can't lower the action like I did on my aerodyne, where the string is pretty much around 2mm from the fretboard at all points of the neck (with pretty much no buzz).