Show me your 3 point replacement bridges hipshot/babicz

[PaulThePlug]

My Epi T Bird has a bridge like this as std... Functional, but I think the 3 Point is more characterful.

Edited 11 hours ago by PaulThePlug

[AndyTravis]

 

[Jonesy]

Ah, nice! That's exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of. Did you have e any issues with height when fitting it?

[Jonesy]

1 minute ago, AndyTravis said:

 

 

Very nice, those are both lovely. Unfortunately my PB Jack Casady will likely be out the door to make way for the bird.

 

I think the Babicz is what I'd go for if replacing the bridge. I'm just not sure if putting a £140 bridge on a £300 bass makes much sense. Feels kinda like a boy racer putting a spoiler on a Micra.

[AndyTravis]

10 minutes ago, Jonesy said:

 

Very nice, those are both lovely. Unfortunately my PB Jack Casady will likely be out the door to make way for the bird.

 

I think the Babicz is what I'd go for if replacing the bridge. I'm just not sure if putting a £140 bridge on a £300 bass makes much sense. Feels kinda like a boy racer putting a spoiler on a Micra.

I long for a Thunderbird…I got VERY close last month.

 

I’m too stocky for them though - I think you need to be a certain build for Thunderbirds to look right.

 

i do think that’s a me problem.

 

these work wonders on the Casady though; makes them sound better. The volume increase acoustically is 75-100% louder.

 

This translates into monstrous output.

[AndyTravis]

As a point. My Ripper had a Hipshot on it when it arrived and I couldn’t stand how it looked. I know that’s mental.

 

I’ve seen them look well on Casady’s - but I prefer the largeness of the babicz as I do with a badass 2 on a fender - the aesthetic balance.

 

fenders look right with a badass to me.

[Jonesy]

9 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I long for a Thunderbird…I got VERY close last month.

 

I’m too stocky for them though - I think you need to be a certain build for Thunderbirds to look right.

 

i do think that’s a me problem.

 

these work wonders on the Casady though; makes them sound better. The volume increase acoustically is 75-100% louder.

 

This translates into monstrous output.

 

You'd hate seeing me play a Thunderbird then. I'm far too many stone past being able to call myself stocky 😂

 

I really want to like the JC, but I think the body is a bit too cumbersome for me. This is the 2nd one I've had and 2nd one of sold for that reason. Maybe the 3rd will be different.......?

 

5 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

As a point. My Ripper had a Hipshot on it when it arrived and I couldn’t stand how it looked. I know that’s mental.

 

I’ve seen them look well on Casady’s - but I prefer the largeness of the babicz as I do with a badass 2 on a fender - the aesthetic balance.

 

fenders look right with a badass to me.

 

I know what you mean. This shaped tuners on a bas designed before 1980 don't look right to me...

 

 

[neepheid]

I'm 5' 9" and I don't give a monkeys what anyone thinks about me playing a T-bird.

 

[AndyTravis]

13 minutes ago, neepheid said:

I'm 5' 9" and I don't give a monkeys what anyone thinks about me playing a T-bird.

 

That’s SUCH a cool Thunderbird though…

[neepheid]

31 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

That’s SUCH a cool Thunderbird though…

 

You didn't even notice I was wearing a hat, did you?

 

[AndyTravis]

11 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

You didn't even notice I was wearing a hat, did you?

 

Oh. Look at the hat…

[NancyJohnson]

9 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

I long for a Thunderbird…I got VERY close last month.

 

I’m too stocky for them though - I think you need to be a certain build for Thunderbirds to look right.

 

i do think that’s a me problem.

 

these work wonders on the Casady though; makes them sound better. The volume increase acoustically is 75-100% louder.

 

This translates into monstrous output.

 

As I've posted previously, strapping on a Thunderbird is like magic; it can transform you from a slightly overweight curmudgeonly man in his 50s into Nikki Sixx in his mid-1980s prime.  I don't know how it works.