stevemaiden Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hi, does anyone know where I can get a reasonably priced headless bass bridge & nut? - i.e. around the £50 squid mark - I'm thinking China - there's some 4 string ones available, but I can't find a five bridge. I've seen the German & American stuff - the American isn't cheap (£200.00+) & then the additional duty will push the cost up further! I have a doner 5 string bass ready to hack up - £45 off fleaBay - it's nice, but would be better headless :-) Here's a four string I did a couple of months ago - the bridge was ultra cheap on fleaBay - £13.00! The bass balances really well now! btw anyone know what make the bridge is? it's not as sophisticated as the Steinberger system. Before, after & during shots: [attachment=175068:IMG_2807.jpg] [attachment=175069:IMG_2847.jpg] [attachment=175070:IMG_2810.jpg] [attachment=175071:IMG_2811.jpg] [attachment=175072:IMG_2845.jpg] [attachment=175073:IMG_2851.jpg] [attachment=175074:IMG_2829.jpg] [attachment=175075:IMG_2827.jpg] [attachment=175076:IMG_2834.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qlank Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Nice, how do the ball-ends go through the head plate. I think Thomas do 5 string bridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemaiden Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Hi Qlank, the nut end is a thick alloy plate fashioned from a scrap tripod head plate, with holes in it for the string to pass through. The tail-end of the strings wind onto the bridge end (after some trimming) - not as sophisticated as the Steinberger tuning system, but it does work & it stays in tune! I've seen the Thoman bridges, but they don't do a 5 string & the 4 string are a bit pricey at £130.00. China will knock out something eventually for the £50.00 mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qlank Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Ah, I got one of those adapters to fit single ball end strings to my Steinberger. Racked my brains to make something up. Now I see it would have been quite easy to make something. I'll keep an eye for bridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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