aceonbass wrote:henry5 wrote:This is an issue of mine with the earlier basses as I like to have very low action and I struggle to get the intonation (one of the reasons I sold the 21 fretter). My Fireglo '72 has had the tailpiece routed for a slightly later bridge unit at some point to get round it. I may get the whole tailpiece moved back slightly at some point to see if it makes a difference, although TBH there's not much leeway with the cavities being as they are. Has anyone come up with a really good solution for this?
If you've moved the tailpiece as far back as you can without uncovering the mute route, and your intonation is still off, you can re-shape the saddles to move the witness point further rearward, and also allow for more rearward travel. You can also remove up to about 1/16" of material from the bottom of the bridge to further lower action. These solutions have kept a few customers from having the top of the bass routed to lower the whole tailpiece(WHY?), or selling an otherwise nice bass.
My Azure has no issues with lowering the bridge, however if I do lower it any more (although the action is comfortably low) I run out of intonation adjustment. The saddles I had made are much more accurately cut than the originals and have the saddle post further forward so the saddle can be moved further backwards, but the trade off is the bridge then tilts really easily. I might try some washers, and when I get to see my tech I might get him to move the bridge back as far as it will go.
Anyway, sorry to hi-jack the thread. Over to you Mark!
