I am thinking I may have to recess the bridge.
I have tried ridiculous amounts of business cards...as they are disposable to try and get a thickness of wood veneer shim I would have to make to try and get the bridge height adjustment to actually matter with this Bass. Sadly, No go....6 was the limit for me...the pics are with 2.
I am thinking, from reading some other posts and threads, that I may have to recess the bridge. I saw one thread where the toploading Guitar Fetish big lump of metal bridge produced the same outcome.
I have little leather cutting chisels and an Aldi router that can freehand and fit a router table. I am worried that the chisels will not produce a level and smooth bass for the bridge to sit on.....and that the router will take off across the top and make one ungodly mess.
I am thinking that a 3 mm recess may be a good place to start and I am tempted to just try that with the chisels and one gouge shaped chisel thing I have.
One saving grace is that the bridge and headless nature of this Bass allows such easy string removal. So as long as I can work out how to take the recess right through to the bottom edge of the Bass, so I can hang the string winders out in space, I am good I think.
Some pics as she sits now with 2 business cards full length under the neck......yeah 2.....and all height adjustment wound out of the bridge saddles.
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