virtual.ray
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The other day I played on a bass called the Fender Precision Deluxe Lyte and I was impressed by the snappy,articulate sound it had with great sustain.When I put it down to try out something else,I noticed on the back that the strings go through the body.This got me wondering if doing a mod on my Ibanez 5 string to put the strings through the body,or perhaps just the B string,would yeild a similar improvement.I checked the bridge on the Ibanez,and just like the Fender's it has holes in it to allow the strings to go through the body.Does anyone have any judgement on how much,if any,improvement I could hope to realize,and roughly how much a good tech would charge to do it? I'm pretty happy with the sound of the 1st 4 strings on the Ibanez (SR885),but there's a real difference in the sound of the low B compared to the others.and I've read that putting the strings through the body yields about the same result as having a 35" scale 'cause the effective length of the string increases compared to attaching it to the bridge.