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10-16-2007, 08:56 PM
| | This space for rent | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Jacksonville, NC | | | KSM Bridges?
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Has anyone tried one of these? They look tank solid, but I wonder if I'm seeing a design flaw in hight adjustment...or not. (watch the video). http://www.ksmguitars.net/bridge.htm |
10-16-2007, 10:17 PM
| | | Well, i just found it lame how the guy says that maple is one of the most dense woods avaible. Someone has to introduce him to purpleheart or ipê 
Well, the bridge itself looks good, but if the adjustability is limitated, i wouldnt get it. And all this thing of "no air" is snake oil for me.
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10-16-2007, 10:54 PM
| | This space for rent | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Jacksonville, NC | | | I like the looks of it (I like big tanky looking things), but I would think that adjusting the string height with strings on would be a pain. |
10-16-2007, 11:29 PM
| | | | The main problem is the price...150 bucks! If you want a hardcore mass bridge, Hipshot sells one for 85.
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10-21-2007, 02:11 PM
| | Richard J. Naimish | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Grand Junction, CO. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by erochelle77  | A design flaw? Perhaps. Either the string groove or the height adjustment screw, or both, could be offset to accommodate easier access to the screw. Overall though, an excellent design. On the other hand 15/64ths", less than a quater of an inch, string height adjustment is borderline minimal. (Needs to be less limitated LMFAO!)
As to the comment by Human Bass about "no air" being snake oil. Why is that. I think the guy has valid points about rigidity and surface contact between the string saddle and the instrument.
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10-21-2007, 03:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Moldova, Republic Of. Chisinau | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Naimishbridge As to the comment by Human Bass about "no air" being snake oil. Why is that. I think the guy has valid points about rigidity and surface contact between the string saddle and the instrument. | Agree, i think string and bridge/body contact should be as much as possible.
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10-21-2007, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by waseok Agree, i think string and bridge/body contact should be as much as possible. | Yeah, but there comes to a point that doesnt really make a difference. It is like the discussion about audio cables. You can have a copper cable that transfer 99% of sound or a silve/gold cable 20 times more expensive that transfer 99,9999999%. As long the bridge is tightly attached and is stable. it will work in a totally safisfying way.
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10-21-2007, 07:29 PM
| | Richard J. Naimish | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Grand Junction, CO. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Human Bass .... As long the bridge is tightly attached and is stable. it will work in a totally safisfying way. | Agreed. Although I still love this KSM design.
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10-21-2007, 07:43 PM
| | | | Oh, and i cant deny that they look very, very cool.
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10-21-2007, 08:33 PM
|  | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | An audible improvement in sound quality, or merely another triumph of marketing over substance?
Anybody own one?
Any physicist TBers care to comment on the claims made for the design? |
10-25-2007, 04:43 PM
| | | I think it looks interesting, although there are loads of screws to un-do in order to adjust it.
Would be interesting to see one "in person"
-Here another fairly interesting bridge.- http://www.johnsen-bridge.com/html/the_bridge.html |
10-25-2007, 05:15 PM
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I like this one!!! I cant resist anything german...awesome people with awesome stuff
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