Yet another JZ-6 Bass VI

[Simon Barden]

Break angle is your big enemy with the stop bar. It’s a long way back, so even with the stop bar sitting on the body, the strings will be coming out a few mm above that. Probably slightly higher than the standard trem, though you’d have to measure it to check. Plus the stop piece looks like it would have to fit further back than the standard trem string bar would sit, again reducing the break angle at the bridge. It’s marginal at best with the standard trem, so any further reduction is asking for trouble.

I’ve never heard of a behind the bridge pickup before. I’ll go and look them up, but I can’t see any point in having a magnetic pickup there. String vibration will be mninal, so very low output, and any notes will be fixed, high pitched and unrelated to what you are playing.

[tommycarlos]

Break angle is your big enemy with the stop bar.

Ahh yes. The dreaded break angle. Curse of offsets at the best of times...

OK, then I think the best non-standard option would be the Fender tremolo, since it gives me the second most string length and should have no issues with break angle... due to where the existing route is, the tremolo will have to be even closer to the bridge than where Fender relocated it to fix break angle issues on their modern offsets (even closer than it is on the Squier Bass VI).

Sadly, there isn't enough room for the Faction plate with a Buzz Stop as that would be ideal (not without my learning more woodworking and filling in the existing route well enough for two of the plate's mounting screws to go into).