Link please? FWIW if I were to replace I'd want it to be either a better 3-point or be something that mounts flat to the body i.e. my Pro V.
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Link please? FWIW if I were to replace I'd want it to be either a better 3-point or be something that mounts flat to the body i.e. my Pro V.
I find 50% geddy to be the best ratio.
I was not bent, I just used the word hater because, well modern colloquialism. No extra emotions should be read into that, but I understand that it is easy to take it that way.
Snark is a headstock tuner.
Love the babicz on my little gretsch, great investment
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That's one of those cities, like Nashville, where local bands had places to play back in olden times.
I have an a 1978 Aria acoustic. It's wonderful. I play it every night. I keep thinking I really should get a Telecaster. But fortunately, reality sinks in, and I remind myself that there is a reason I play bass. It fits my personality. And there aren't enough hours in the week to be good on both.
Just tonight I finally gave up and glued the lower inserts on my $125 Goth I bought last year. Pretty much decided I had nothing to lose.Interesting that you posted that question at this time. As fate would have it I'm having the same exact issue and was in fact getting ready to post to ask for some help with the same issue. Got my Classic IV out for a bit of practice yesterday and noticed the E string side stud was up a bit. I had the bridge set about level (I've read plenty of times that the rear of the bridge should be lower than the front side), so I thought I'd readjust it so the rear was lower than the front. That just made things way worse, now both are pulling out and won't stay in despite pushing them back down and readjusting the bridge a couple of times. First time I've encountered this, the Bird is a 2008 model and I've owned it a couple of years now.
Now, I've read plenty before on how others have addressed the fix for this and I THINK I have a fair idea of how to go about it, but rather than sort through several hundred pages of this thread thought I'd just ask again knowing that several of you here have the ready information to share. So thank you in advance for helping myself and @rodv66 get our Birds straightened out, all help sincerely appreciated.
Ditto for me on my 2015 bird. Far superior to the three point. Best thing Gibson has done in years.
Something tells me I am going to want to unload the 2015 chinabird I just got, for more reasons than just the nearly stripped truss nut, and super stiff adjustment. The quality on my 2006 Korean goth is soooo much better. I would feel better about a custom shop/TV silver, or an older Korean one even if I have to sacrifice the 1.5" nut. A Gibson is too far out of reach.
I am debating on how to go about letting the seller know. He was a cool kid, suggested we go back to his moms place and swap the case for his better one, and ended up throwing in a Levy's skull strap that is just long enough for my low slung preference. A friend of mine thinks that shows that he knew about the issue. Perhaps he might kick back an extra $50 or maybe offer the other case, which I would trade my crappy fender bag for, which came with my goth, the other bag that is known to barely fit a bird.
I went to GC, and they would not honor the $29 sale on the rreb1 bag, but gave it to me for 34.99+t. I peeked at the screen, it was 68% margin! Like we used to say in the camera store industry, "bag margins". That's OK, the girl was cute, she can have the commission, but then I also ordered an stc-2c-bo for my OLP, and when the receipt printed out from the GC online (they don't stock them in stores), the line of " discounts 0.0" rubbed in my face I probably could have gotten 15% off had I just called another online retailer, even GC. I tried to cancel at 6am when GC.com opened, but it had already shipped, the Kansas city warehouse works through the night. This was more because I forgot about my BSO order in the shopping cart, and didn't have enough left on my gift card for both, and the strings were a much higher priority. I wonder if Jason takes cash? I have to dip into the emergency cash to make that order...
Ditto here as well.
If you feel compelled to replace the three point with a single block bridge, you won't find anything better than the Bab! You'll find cheaper and more simple single block bridges but not better.
Now if you're looking for some sweet two part bridges (hard tail separate from the saddle block) look no further than Cataldo.
I have a Hipshot on my bird and it's just swell. I just wanted individual string adjustability, and something that wouldn't affect the tone (I love it just the way it is). The Hipshot delivers on both counts. The Babicz may be a better engineered bridge, but I'm not convinced the return in any perceivable 'improvement' over the Hipshot is worth nearly double the investment to me.
I'll be honest... I just like the way the Babicz looks more than the Hipshot (though I like how it looks, too).
