Badass
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For a definition of the word "badass", see the Wiktionary entry badass.
For the film with a similar name, see BAADASSSSS!.
Badass is a trade name of Leo Quan, a manufacturer of bridges for guitars and basses. It was used on the Martin EB18 electric bass and is a replacement bridge on the Fender Precision Bass.
[edit] History
Leo Quan "Badass" began in 1972 in the workshops of Glen Quan, musician, collector of instruments, guitar repairman and stringed instrument restorer.
[edit] Popularity among guitarists
Jimmy Page used a Badass bridge on his Danelectro which was used for songs such as "Kashmir" and "White Summer/Black Mountain Side".

