geddeeee wrote:The Badass 1 has only 3 screws. I didn't bother with routing. I lined up the middle screw hole (lines up great with the stock bridge centre hole). Made 2 new screw holes for the Badass. Then, (wait for it) used 2 stacks of 5 pence pieces to hold the corners of the Badass which overlapped the huge hole from the stock bridge.
Made a custom surround from some white plastic, to hide the stock bridge hole, and Hey Presto... My version of Geddy's mod.
The string height isn't a problem as I play really hard (firmly), and I've found a slightly higher action suits me fine. It's not low, like some people like, but I don't consider mine to be overly high. I've tried a lower action over my 30 year bass odyssey, but this height works great.
If you prefer the lower action, you will probably have to route the Badass, to get it to sit at the correct height.
Mine is a bit of a 'bodge' job, but it looks OK, and more importantly, my Ricky sounds punchier and clankier than with either the Hippy or RIC's stock bridge.
Happy clanking......
Mine is set in the bass because i like my action lower. it is VERY punchy and at the risk of sounding poncy, I would say that I would do this again to other basses because of how huge the difference is....