Badass is currently owned and distributed by Allparts Music, a subsidiary of Morse Group. The first Badass bridges were built from diecast zinc and were considered somewhat rough later models were made from a high-density zinc alloy and more finely milled. I set the digital calipers to 16.The Badass came on the market in the 1970s, and was made by entrepreneur and guitar repairman Glen Quan, of Marin County music store Bananas At Large and Leo Malliaris of Oakland's Leo's Music (hence Leo Quan). So, now we know the space between the edges of each string is 16.36mm. The extra set of saddle included in this action allow you or your luthier to groove them exactly where you want your strings to sit if so desired.Fjestad, S.P. The saddles on the bridge are factory notched. These are not lightweight bridges the Badass II and III bridges weigh in at a half pound each. Glen Quan, along with his partner Leo Malliaras designed this bridge to have more mass than the bridges that were found on OEM instruments of the day. The slots don’t have to be very deep – just enough to hold the string in place: Either add the additional 2 holes (recommended) or skip them.Once I’ve got each of the strings set exactly where I want them, I again very carefully mark their locations on the saddles with a razor, and file each slot with the appropriate file. Note: The BA V’s 6 hole mounting pattern is designed to work with Fender’s® 4 hole pattern. Since we need four spaces between the strings, we divide the available space by four:

So the total space available between the outer two strings, minus the inner three strings, is 65.44mm.

Leo Quan products are temporarily not being manufactured and we are not aware of when they will again be available with the exception of Badass II Chrome un-slotted bridges which are produced in limited numbers. See my listing for a BadAss II bridge if you need one for a top loading instrument. The Badass III is for string through body models, typically newer American made Fender Jazz & Precision basses. 70” or 1.40” from the center screw (measured at center to center of screws) most likely a BA II will work. Screw Hole Match-Up - If your bass bridge’s current screw holes have a screw center aligned (odd number of screw holes), and other screws that are. Their research and understanding showed that a more massive bridge would not lose as much of its energy to the body of the bass.

How to slot badass bridge