Badass 2 bridge on 75 reissue Jazz

[Philly]

Hi All

I have an American 75 reissue Jazz and I love it, my only one gripe is it is very slightly head heavy.

I am thinking about adding a badass II bridge, I know the benefits are already massive due to the crap bent tin bridge already on it, just wondered if anyone thinks this will help balance the instrument better?

Anyone encountered any negatives swapping the bridge over?

Thanks

Phil

[LawrenceH]

[quote name='Philly' post='910142' date='Jul 30 2010, 12:01 PM']Hi All

I have an American 75 reissue Jazz and I love it, my only one gripe is it is very slightly head heavy.

I am thinking about adding a badass II bridge, I know the benefits are already massive due to the crap bent tin bridge already on it, just wondered if anyone thinks this will help balance the instrument better?

Anyone encountered any negatives swapping the bridge over?

Thanks

Phil[/quote]

I put a Fender deluxe bridge on my jap 75 reissue. It improved the 'tightness' of the tone but lost a certain amount of woodiness. So depends if you like the difference.

By the way I took the tuners off and they weighed a ton! Maybe worth checking the weight on yours and see if replacing them with ultralites or similar would make a worthwhile weight saving, as an alternative if you don't get on with the new bridge/still have issues.

[gary mac]

Can't imagine it will make any noticable difference to the balance issue, but like you said it is a worthwhile upgrade anyway.