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The fender bridge is one of the easier bridges to remove, other guitars have their bridge embedded into the body, making it more difficult to replace the bridge in some respects, but this bridge simply sits on top of the body. You might want to replace your bridge for a few reasons, namely cosmetic purposes, or due to wear & Tear, however, adjusting your bridge is something you might want to do if you have bad fret-buzz(when your strings buzz against your frets even with proper fingering) or otherwise need to adjust your action(distance between strings and guitar body/fretboard). In this guide, I will instruct you how to go about the process of changing and adjusting the bridge on your Fender bass. The only extra materials you will need for this guide are a Phillips head screwdriver and an apparatus by which to retune your instrument.
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Start by removing the strings from your instrument, loosen the tuning pegs until there is no tension and you can simply remove the strings.
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Pull the strings out from the bridge, and set them aside somewhere, unless you are also replacing your strings.
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Use your Phillips screwdriver to unscrew the screws on the bridge one by one, the order in which you remove them is irrelevant.
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Pick up the bridge once you have removed all the screws.
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Line up the new bridge with the existing screw holes as best as possible, the new bridge might not line up the exact same as the old one, but it will line up properly as long as it is still a four-string bridge.
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If you aren't well acquainted in the restringing process, I recommend learning how to do so best in another tutorial as I am glossing over it.
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Feed the strings through the hole in the bridge, like you did in step 1 but in reverse, be sure they are in the correct order
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Tighten the strings and tune them, it will be necessary for them to be in tune for the aforementioned "live feedback" to work
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By tightening or loosening the screw on the outside of the string you can adjust the cylinders on the bridge called bridge saddles to be closer or farther.
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You might want to hold onto your old bridge in case there are any complications with your new bridge, also you never know when you might need a spare assuming your bridge is still usable. Thank you for reading my guide, I hope it helped you.
You might want to hold onto your old bridge in case there are any complications with your new bridge, also you never know when you might need a spare assuming your bridge is still usable. Thank you for reading my guide, I hope it helped you.
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