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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:24 pm
by bobcat
I have the feeling we'll either all adore the new bridge or despise it utterly. I'm rooting for the former.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:15 pm
by jps
Since the new bridge will replace the ABM bridge, then am I correct in that the mute assembly has been done away with?
If so, then the other Jeff (you know which one I'm refering to) will be REALLY happy!
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:29 pm
by rickfan60
You don't think the 4004 needs a mute???
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:04 pm
by jwr2
no mute ... uhhh ... then where will I put my jazz pickup???
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:08 pm
by nattiep
Rofl!
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:21 pm
by jps
No matter what, you just can't please the guy!!!
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:57 pm
by jayfbv
I'm happy with this Hipshot bridge
It's the brass version.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:06 pm
by rickenbrother
Is that a Seymour Duncan StingRay pickup?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:31 pm
by jwr2
actually I am hoping for a 5 string version with a 2 1/4" spacing and/or a 2 3/8" spacing ...
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:08 am
by jayfbv
It's a G&L. At the time, Music Man wouldn't sell pickups. EB wasn't the owner then.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:46 am
by ilan
That's a faker on so many levels
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:49 pm
by jayfbv
If you think so, then you missed a few threads. JH believes it's made from stolen and swapped real parts which makes it not a Rick in his book.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:49 pm
by ilan
Interesting... can you post a link?
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:57 pm
by jojo99
Surely the body/neck are fake? Too wide of a skunk stripe, bound dotted fretboard, and no apparent routing for the stock tailpiece....
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:49 am
by jayfbv
Chris Brubeck has a '68 (or so) with the same skunk stripe. It's authenticity is clear.
The fill-in around the bridge is maple and doesn't show in this pic. FB was fretless...some one did a so-so job fretting it. Oddly, JH thinks that the wings are not a kind of maple they ever used. It appears to have been built _near_ the same time as the ones with birch wings. Who knows. The internal routing matches that of the early 70's.
It does have some cosmetic features I like and that you could have done by any competent tech, like the bound headstock.
I kind of dropped off this board for a while. Where did the Archives go? I suppose Peter ran out of server space.