the Leo Quan BadAss BASS II Bridge

21st CENTURY VERSION WITH GROOVED SADDLES — IN CHROME OR NICKEL FINISH

Originally created in the 1970s by Leo Malliaris and Glen Quan in Oakland, California, this iconic design is one of the first commonly used retro-fit hardware for bass guitars and is famed for being installed on instruments used by such big names as Marcus Miller, Geddy Lee, Sting, and Flea.

With its higher mass and precision machined zinc alloy construction, considerably less string vibration is lost to the wood of the bass, allowing the string to vibrate longer, providing enhanced attack, punch, sustain, clarity, and note definition. The Badass Bass II also eliminates inaccurate, harmonic tuning caused by round/roller saddles, interference of string ends contacting the bridge saddles, and unwanted side movement of strings and saddles, for the purest tone/sound transfer possible.