MARUSZCZYK BRIDGE ADJUSTMENT

[Skezza 48]

Hi

 

I recently bought a maruszczyk jake off here.

There was a little too much neck relief so i decided to do the relief and intonation.

but it has abridge i have never seen before with 4 tiny allen screws 

I think i have workede out which is the saddle locking screw but how do you turn it with the strings on ?

 

 

[ezbass 3,218]

You can slide the Allen key under the string as it is at an angle. However, you will need to loosen the string to move the saddle, as under tension it is hard to move. Here’s an extract from the user manual.

[Skezza 48]

the bridge on my MARUSZCZYK  is something the 2 pictures  at the top of the page 

thanks for that I will put a picture on later

[ezbass 3,218]

3 minutes ago, Skezza said:

the bridge on my MARUSZCZYK  is something the 2 pictures  at the top of the page 

thanks for that I will put a picture on later

Yeah, it’s the top 2 diagrams.

[Skezza 48]

[JazzLobster 3]

Yeah it's a useless POS, I wrote Adrian about it, and he, in typical frosty manner replied something to the effect of - what do you want, it's a cheap bridge, yeah you have to loosen the strings if you want to intonate. It's an old design, if you want something better go buy it -- brilliant.

[lemmywinks 1,050]

Seen those floating about on AliExpress for years, weird he chose those as they don't suit the bass at all and there's much better ones on there for not much money. Have a look at something like this:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/84mm-Metal-Electric-Bass-Bridge-Fixed-for-4-String-Bass-Guitar-Parts-Accessories/32888000438.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.1.3a616adewKvrwi&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_7_10065_10130_10068_10547_319_317_10548_10696_10192_10190_453_10084_454_10083_10618_10307_10820_10301_10821_10303_537_536_10059_10884_10887_321_322_10103,searchweb201603_52,ppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=30a103b8-9b0c-47a2-b5b9-a2a6853e8a7d-0&algo_pvid=30a103b8-9b0c-47a2-b5b9-a2a6853e8a7d

[JazzLobster 3]

Ah! A nice Hipshot A style copy 🤘

Yeah they're really junky, which is a pity cause the Elwood is such a nice jazz bass. Even a bent plate bridge would've been better.

[mybass 181]

I’m surprised these cheap bridges were ever used on those basses!

[Skezza 48]

I personally like the gotoh bent plate jazz precision style 

I may change it in the future

[JazzLobster 3]

36 minutes ago, Skezza said:

I personally like the gotoh bent plate jazz precision style 

I may change it in the future

Is the the 203b? 

[Cosmicrain 225]

Yes, Hipshot Kickass is my main choice of bridge for custom builds and retro fitting.