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Encyclopedia > Badass
For a definition of the word "badass", see the Wiktionary entry badass.
For the film with a similar name, see BAADASSSSS!.
Badass Bridge on a C.F. Martin Co EB18
Badass Bridge on a C.F. Martin Co EB18

Badass is a trade name of Leo Quan: a manufacturer of high quality bridges for guitars and basses and was used on the Martin EB18 electric bass and is a popular replacement bridge on the Fender Precision Bass. BAADASSSSS!, also known as How to Get the Mans Foot Outta Your Ass, is a 2004 biopic directed by Mario Van Peebles. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1920x1320, 1827 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1920x1320, 1827 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A Violin Bridge blank and finished bridge A bridge is a device for supporting the strings on a stringed instrument and transmitting the vibration of those strings to some other structural component of the instrument in order to transfer the sound to the surrounding air balls. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... The Fender Precision Bass, known as P-bass for short, is the first model of the electric bass designed by Clarence Leonidas Fender and brought to market in 1951. ...


History

Leo Quan "Badass" began in 1972 in the workshops of Glen Quan, musician, collector of fine instruments, guitar repairman and stringed instrument restorer.


Popularity among guitarists

"The arrival of the Badass Bass Bridge back in the 1970's innovated the whole replacement parts industry. It was the first, and still the best replacement bridge I ever used. It changed my bass sound to where I have the most astonishingly clear and rich bass tone I ever had, either dark, rich and "upright bass" sounding, or screamingly bright and searing. I've been using a Badass on whatever instrument I play and I always will. It is the only constant in my sound that never lets me down. " - Jeff Berlin For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A Violin Bridge blank and finished bridge A bridge is a device for supporting the strings on a stringed instrument and transmitting the vibration of those strings to some other structural component of the instrument in order to transfer the sound to the surrounding air balls. ... Jeff Berlin (born January 17, 1953) is an American electric bass player. ...

Jimmy Page used a Badass Bridge on his Danelectro which was used for songs such as Kashmir and White Summer/Black Mountain Side.

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Badass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (187 words)
Badass is a trade name of Leo Quan: a manufacturer of high quality bridges for guitars and basses and was used on the Martin EB18 electric bass.
“Badass” is also a term used in American slang to refer to any individual who is considered to be tough.
However unlike terms like “ruffian”, badass is usually used affectionately.
X-E - Robert Mitchum: Real American Badass (990 words)
When you see actors and musicians who live their lives as if they are real life tough guys, it's funny to remember that half of these guys experiences with the police are from watching COPS on TV.
He wears the monicker AMERICAN BADASS, but with the "roughest" part of his past consisting of being a member of a breakdancing crew named "The Furious Funkers", you realize that AMERICAN CANDYASS is a more fitting title.
Badass attributes aside, he also had time to be a real man and was a long time good husband and father, as well.
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