When I bought my '09 EB-0(Sept. 2020), I immediately-if not sooner-ordered a Hipshot. Looks better, has better intonation, and better sustain.
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Can somebody ID this bridge for me?
In case anyone does not know... This is Dennis Dunaway's "frog bass". He was in the original Alice Cooper band. This bass now lives in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In case anyone does not know... This is Dennis Dunaway's "frog bass". He was in the original Alice Cooper band. This bass now lives in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
But a whole band of SG-shaped guitars? What's not to like?
(OK, AC is definitely not for everyone, but as a wee lad in elementary school, I would buy their albums at the PX with my allowance money. I loved the music, especially the way the guitars and bass sounded.)
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But a whole band of SG-shaped guitars? What's not to like?
(OK, AC is definitely not for everyone, but as a wee lad in elementary school, I would buy their albums at the PX with my allowance money. I loved the music, especially the way the guitars and bass sounded.)
I would run into A.C. every so often around Scottsdale. Nice, quiet guy. Lovely wife. He's quite religious, and also hosts a fundraising golf tournament with a lot of the local professional athletes playing in it. Never got an invite. [sob]
Yeah, apparently he replaced alcohol with golf. Glad he got sober, we would have lost him years ago. I've never had the chance to meet him, but everyone says the same thing. How nice he is.
There's some cool videos on YouTube of Dennis Dunaway playing fairly recently (pre-pandemic) with various cover bands and reunions. I won't post them here, as he's playing his "Billion Dollar Bass", a Fender Jazz, with a P/J pickup set, and similar decorations to the frog bass above (tons of mirrors) stuck to it.
...so back to that bridge... anyone?
But a whole band of SG-shaped guitars? What's not to like?
(OK, AC is definitely not for everyone, but as a wee lad in elementary school, I would buy their albums at the PX with my allowance money. I loved the music, especially the way the guitars and bass sounded.)
I thought they were a great home grown band, they knew each other in high school and half of them were track stars. I have a video of them doing a couple of tunes from 'Love It To Death' live in the studio for some show also from 1971, songs you never would have thought they could do live, I'd post it but he's using his Jazz with an Acoustic 360/361 but they were very tight. I've always liked the descending bass line in this tune going down from the E while the guitars are ascending from the E, Dunaway came up with some very clever bass lines.
I think he actually joined an anonymous program for alcoholics and just took up golf he had so much more time.
Here's a good Dennis Dunaway interview from 2004 if anyone's interested:
https://ink19.com/2004/05/magazine/interviews/dennis-dunaway-part-1
https://ink19.com/2004/05/magazine/interviews/dennis-dunaway-part-2
https://ink19.com/2004/05/magazine/interviews/dennis-dunaway-part-1
https://ink19.com/2004/05/magazine/interviews/dennis-dunaway-part-2
Oh I forgot, this is also a VERY good book, written by Dennis (also had a ghost writer):
Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Band
Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Band
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Thank you both!
Next question. Has anyone had any success with mounting a non-standard bridge to one of these EB's? Mine has the standard 3-point bridge, but I don't really like the functionality. My bass is a bit of an Epi beater, so there's no reason to "preserve" it as original, but I can't see spending more on a replacement bridge than I did for the whole bass.
I try to keep them as original as possible but a lot of people here like Hip Shots, I have one on my 65 EB-3 but bought a new bar bridge assembly and hope to rectify
that situation when I get back to the States.
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Well gosh, I'm guessing you're new to this whole thread?
For drop-in replacements, there's the Hipshot and the Babicz, and the lesser-known BadBird II (which isn't really a drop-in, as you have to drill and mount the matching tailpiece).
But if you don't care about the existing holes, just yank it all out and screw down a BadAss or a Schaller or whatever has that tighter Gibson string spacing. Like Watt did.
Well gosh, I'm guessing you're new to this whole thread?
For drop-in replacements, there's the Hipshot and the Babicz, and the lesser-known BadBird II (which isn't really a drop-in, as you have to drill and mount the matching tailpiece).
But if you don't care about the existing holes, just yank it all out and screw down a BadAss or a Schaller or whatever has that tighter Gibson string spacing. Like Watt did.
Yes, definitely new to the thread, and I apologize if my answer is buried in here somewhere. I'm hoping a second-hand supertone falls into my lap, but that's not very likely, and it is close to what I paid for my bass. Maybe I'll go the yank it all out route once I find a suitable replacement.
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The main things to remember are:
- String spacing - narrower than the Fender standard
- String height - taller than the Fender standard
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Yup, you sent me that before. I've got it on autopilot, sending me notifications. 
(Thanks again)
(Thanks again)
Yup, you sent me that before. I've got it on autopilot, sending me notifications.
(Thanks again)
Should have noticed your username. Doh!
