Ray Ross Saddle-Less Bass Bridge Demo 

I put a Ray Ross on my Fender Aerodyne P/J and what I hear your analysis shows, more consistency and a bit fuller/rounder sound. Thanks for the demo!

Sounds good!

R Ross got a deep pocket sound. Fender OG still sounds Really good.

What I hear is more resonance and less up top. Perfect for a P bass

Seems like intonation was tighter with the ross bridge

It seems to me that the Ray ross gives a more rounded sound.

Thank you I was going to buy a Ray Ross. I think I understand now, that the hypothesis of transferring vibration to the wood is not so important

I agree with😮 the new bridge is much better

What’s the difference when you’re gonna put it through a compressor anyway? Right?

Original bridge has more top end bite,to my ear. But RR sounds good,perhaps more low end.

It may be a big trick of the eyes on camera as to me the strings lengths are now different, the strings take off points, where strings leave the saddles to vibrate, now seem longer... a good bridge but can you string damp easy while playing it ?... i looked up the design and it is well made with easy ajusting wheels, makes sense & to me sounds better but i would have to try one.. 👍

I don't get the point of this design, to be honest. Probably just innovation for its own sake. I hear less harmonics, attack and high end, probably due to the lack of downward pressure (no break angle!) and a certain amount of damping caused by the extra string wraps @ the ball end. And if there's any silk around the string ends, this effect might be even more noticeable. And talking about damping: This bridge doesn't exactly look as if palm-muting was made any easier or more comfortable...

Ray Ross: Too fat and loud bass Fenderstile is a good balance.

I don't think it will catch on. Mostly because their is no string thru option. And it's not that big a difference. Nothing that can't be fix in mix down. Cool idea! But not very convincing. Although if you have a extra long scale bass and you have a problem with string length? Then maybe.

Hmmmm

Okay harmonics sound like shit (3rd set of comparisons). Same with slap. It was impressive with the first set of comparisons because it’s so overwhelmingly bassy. Then the rest of the clips show it’s just a loss of high end detail. The double stops sound the most similar. The Ray Ross performs progressively worse as highs become more important.

It’s not rational, but there’s just something about this bridge I don’t like. It seems……unnatural. (Appearance only I can’t hear a difference in tone).

Yucky-sounding and $150. Hard pass.