KickAss Saddle Insert Set
About Leo Quan
Back in 1972, musician, innovator, and luthier Glen Quan saw the need for higher-quality guitar and bass bridges. With help from Leo Malliari of Leo’s Music in Oakland, CA, the first “Badass” bridges were born. “Leo Quan Badass” bridges were manufactured from a high-density Zinc alloy and offered improved attack, sustain and note-clarity. Badass® bridges quickly gained a following with artists looking to upgrade their Fender® basses and were ultimately featured on several Fender artist signature models. Through the ‘80’s, BC Rich, Spector and Kramer featured Badass bridges as original equipment on their instruments and artist acceptance continued to grow. Today, Badass is known worldwide asthe standardfor quality replacement hardware that will enhance the tone, playability and appearance of your guitar or bass.
KickAss Saddle Insert Set
Sculpt your own tone with Hipshot® KickAss™ replacement saddle inserts. You can choose between un-notched inserts or our pre-notched set which includes 2 Low (deep), 2 Medium, and 2 Tall (shallow) notches. Compatible with the KickAss™ 4 string and 5 string saddle sets. Brass is a softer material and emphasizes the fundamental harmonic (root tone) which gives your bass a deeper, darker, more mellow sound. We chose this as the default that comes with your KickAss™ bridge. Stainless steel is a harder material and helps the harmonic overtone series (root, 5th and 7th tones) to shine through. This gives your bass a brighter sound.
