Setup Advice

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Calvin Marks

Oh I completely agree with you...So does my repair guy in Toronto. The issue is...Don lives about 2000 miles away from me and it's most likely impossible for him to build me a bridge without having my bass with him...I'm at a loss for ideas.

Like warranty service with a car. You take it to the dealer, they fix it and they bill the maker of the car. The maker of your bass should pay you in advance if necessary to cut a new bridge at a shop of your choice.

Are there bridge adjusters on this bass? If so, do what I do. Pull the bridge apart, glue a 1/4" piece of walnut to the non-threaded part of the bridge, (drill a hole in the walnut for the adjusters first) wax the non threaded part of the adjuster and glue the walnut to the maple and put it on the bass fast with strings on. The bridge assembled on the bass with strings will be the clamp. Next day, take off the bridge and trim the walnut so it looks like it 'grew there' (like I do ) and then re-cut the top of your bridge as needed.

Why walnut and not maple? The maple will never match up for one and two, the walnut helps the adjusters turn easier. Looks purdy too..

I do this so the adjusters stay lower to the bridge and not up in the sky after re-cutting the top of the bridge. I have done this many many times. It is not easy to do it well but much much easier then cutting an entirely new bridge.

Ok, come here and buy a nice Bow from me and stay over night in a nearby hotel. I will have your bass ready for lunch the next day.. For a fee...