| Author | Message | ||
| pandi
New Username: pandi Post Number: 1 Registered: 1-2009 |
Hi Alembic people. I wonder if someone could please help me with this question: I used to own an 89 MK bass, and i miss the bridge string spacing on that bass, so I'm thinking about custom building a new bridge for my 68 P-bass. Could someone please tell me the bridge string spacing on an 89 MK? Thanks/Andreas | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Advanced Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 300 Registered: 5-2007 |
Welcome to the board Pandi. Since Alembic allows customers to choose the width of the nut and narrow/standard/wide spacing, it is hard to say. Do you have the serial #? Specs may be availible. | ||
| pclifton2004
Junior Username: pclifton2004 Post Number: 43 Registered: 4-2004 |
Isn't it usually 16.5mm on a stock MK? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 5748 Registered: 6-2000 |
Keep in mind that our standard bridge spacing in not center to center as many others make their bridges. A 1989 MK would likely have a classic tape fingerboard, and that's 1.75 x 2.25. This makes the spaces between the strings at the bridge about .61 inches or about 15.5mm. If you're trying to compare against center to center spacing, it computes to about: string center 1 to 2 = 0.665 (16.891) string center 2 to 3 = 0.6825 (17.3355) string center 3 to 4 = 0.7025 (17.8435) | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 7318 Registered: 5-2002 |
Thanks Mica!! I was about to dig my four string out of the closet and measure it, but I can't pull myself away from the laptop. | ||
| bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 2131 Registered: 3-2004 |
I had written a lengthy response myself with a bunch of the data that came up when my bass was under design/construction, but Mica's post hit before I finished so I canned it. Of course, the easiest way to know what the specs on a particular instrument are involves the use of a caliper and direct measurement. Alembic basses, being hand made, may not 100% match even the specs under which they were intended to be built, custom or not. Is accuracy to four decimal places even possible? As a side note, I believe Mica's numbers are based on a 45-65-85-105 set of strings. I'm not sure if it would matter, but the spacing would be less symmetrical if one were to switch to a less linear set of strings, say Jazz Flats at 43-56-70-100. | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 665 Registered: 11-2004 |
pandi...what is wrong with the standard bridge?? it may devalue the bass if you put something else on. If the bridge is broken a better alternative would be an original fender replacement or a BADASS II as the screw holes line up perfectly on this unit. | ||
| pclifton2004
Junior Username: pclifton2004 Post Number: 45 Registered: 4-2004 |
Won't your fretboard look really wide outside the margin of the strings if you add an Alembic style bridge? | ||
| white_cloud
Senior Member Username: white_cloud Post Number: 570 Registered: 11-2007 |
For a vintage Fender P bass it just has simply GOT to be the Leo Quan Bad-ass 11 - nothing else compares on a Fender imho! John. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 5749 Registered: 6-2000 |
The side to side spacing is for our .045 - .065 - .080 -.105 set of strings unless you order with something different. Note that the figures I provided for the centers are computed. | ||
| pandi
New Username: pandi Post Number: 2 Registered: 1-2009 |
Thanks for all the answers! Much appreciated Mica, thanks! I have quite small hands, so my idea is to build a copy of a vintage Fender bridge, with Alembic string spacing, to get the same right hand feel and flow. | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 668 Registered: 11-2004 |
pandi..when you mean build a bridge, are you going to fabricate it from scratch?? If you want adjustable string spacing, Gotoh do side adjustment as well as height and intonation. Seems like a lot of work when there are plenty of standard bridges that will do the same |
