The Official MTD USA Thread

[Giraffe]

You can tweak the spacing enough with new saddles, notched by a good technician to provide a slightly narrower spacing. The tech would start with a plain, unnotched and unthreaded saddle. He then files small notches starting at the point where the string first contacts the rear of the saddle.

It accomplishes the same thing as the threaded rod, but does it more precisely, and retains the look of the stock saddle. You can't make huge adjustments this way, but changing from 19 to 18 mm. spacing should be easy for a decent tech.

 

[dirtbird]

You can tweak the spacing enough with new saddles, notched by a good technician to provide a slightly narrower spacing. The tech would start with a plain, unnotched and unthreaded saddle. He then files small notches starting at the point where the string first contacts the rear of the saddle.

It accomplishes the same thing as the threaded rod, but does it more precisely, and retains the look of the stock saddle. You can't make huge adjustments this way, but changing from 19 to 18 mm. spacing should be easy for a decent tech.

Thanks for this suggestion, it had also crossed my mind to do this on the threaded rod saddle to improve the precision. Do you know where I might source some saddles with no pre-existing grooves that are compatible with the Hipshot B style bridge?

 

[MMiller28]

Boy, did I find the right place… FBass, Stradi, Marleaux on order and pondering the next MTD.

Curious… what do you all do with this collection? I want to play them all!!

I play 2-4 a day. They're hung up around me. 10 basses, three g*****s.

Awesome!

Do you have a picture of the wood top?

Oh yeah

 

[DaveTomasi]

I play 2-4 a day. They're hung up around me. 10 basses, three g*****s.



Oh yeah

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This is most drool worthy!

 

[Taustin Powers]

I play 2-4 a day. They're hung up around me. 10 basses, three g*****s.



Oh yeah

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Amazing!

 

[bass12]

I play 2-4 a day. They're hung up around me. 10 basses, three g*****s.



Oh yeah

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Wow, that’s a striking piece of striped wood!

 

[MMiller28]

This is most drool worthy!

Amazing!

Wow, that’s a striking piece of striped wood!

Thanks, I agree! Lol

I'll see if I can sneak a pic in this thread when it's done in a few months.

 

[MMiller28]

Found on Instagram. One of the top MTD collections I've seen.

 

[MattLplaysBass]

Found on Instagram. One of the top MTD collections I've seen.

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As a lover of blue basses, that Saratoga...

But I wouldn't refuse any of them

 

[Funkinthetrunk]

It's like looking at a line up of super models.

 

[MMiller28]

It's like looking at a line up of super models.

Yeah they're all stunning

 

[Taustin Powers]

I play 2-4 a day. They're hung up around me. 10 basses, three g*****s.



Oh yeah

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It really looks incredibly cool, but it‘s unusually pale for a Myrtle, isn’t it? Or is it just the lighting?

 

[bassgrackle]

I play 2-4 a day. They're hung up around me. 10 basses, three g*****s.



Oh yeah

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Hot damn. And I thought my Skjold was sexy.

 

[MMiller28]

Hot damn. And I thought my Skjold was sexy.

We will have some matching parts.

 

[MMiller28]

It really looks incredibly cool, but it‘s unusually pale for a Myrtle, isn’t it? Or is it just the lighting?

It is less yellow/gold than most. I’m doing a green stain/burst/something anyway.

 

[MattLplaysBass]

It is less yellow/gold than most. I’m doing a green stain/burst/something anyway.

I sense a theme...

 

[MMiller28]

I sense a theme...

I love green. @MAJOR METAL's title as TalkBass King of Green will be in trouble soon.

Here's my old 535.

 

[bassgrackle]

I love green. @MAJOR METAL's title as TalkBass King of Green will be in trouble soon.

Here's my old 535.

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That’s a killer fingerboard.

 

[MMiller28]

That’s a killer fingerboard.

One of the controversial pistachio boards.

 

[red_rhino]

One of the controversial pistachio boards.

What’s controversial about it?