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I so much agree with everything you said about B bridges. My 535 has an aluminum B. I replaced it with a brass B thinking it'll improve the tone and timbre, but it didn't. The aluminum B had much more initial punch, attack or pop to it, when playing. I really can't put into words what I hear and feel with the aluminum B as opposed to brass. Needless to say, this mod was reversed immediately.
That will look great once finished!!!Yes, I hemmed and hawed over a few for like a week, staying up late looking at pics trying to predict what it would look like finished. It came out better than I'd imagined.
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That is also a beautiful top- doesn't seem like Mike & co are lacking in them
I had the opposite results with mine lol, but I think the woods have the most to do with this. As already stated here multiple times, the northern ash body/ash neck basses can sometimes result in an overabundance of "vintage-y" mids that cause the fundamentals to get lost (really just overpowered) in a mix. I found that switching to the brass plate added a lot more focus and balls to my bass, where the aluminum bridge would just allow the notes to immediately dissipate after the initial attack and disappear in the mix. Anybody having this issue with an ash/ash build, I recommend trying a brass bridge plate.
Well, anytime you add laminations you create compression and neutralize sympathetic resonances. No doubt that neck has a way more focused sound than a single piece of ash.
Most likely a Hollywood shop bass which would put it in the in the late 1980's.
Beautiful! Is that a maple top?
Bonus points for no wood knobs!!
