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09-18-2001, 06:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Morganton, NC | | | Bridge Spec Question
I'm learning about working on my bridge to lower the action. I have the string height where I want, but what should the width of the bridge be along the top where the strings rest?
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09-18-2001, 07:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Los Angeles | | | thin...and "half-rounded" towards you. |
09-19-2001, 01:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Denver-CO-USA | | | my bridge is not so thin, in fact is quite thick, what would be the problem with that? Thank you. |
10-04-2001, 11:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | Quote: Originally posted by Bijoux
my bridge is not so thin, in fact is quite thick, what would be the problem with that? Thank you. | The problem with that is, if it is too thick at the top, it will inhibit the vibrations of the strings and adversely affect your tone and volume.
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10-05-2001, 05:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Morganton, NC | | | Reedo - that's sort of what I was thinking would be the case. I assume that there is a sweet spot in terms of width. I have worked mine to 7/64" along the very top. |
10-05-2001, 08:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Ridgewood, NJ | | | Your 7/64" is less than 3 mm. David Gage, a prominent NYC luthier, recommends no less than 5 mm. When fitting a bridge, he starts at 6-7 mm and adjusts according to sound, with the 5mm limit.
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10-05-2001, 12:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | | Yes, there are definite maximums and minimums. Too thin, and the Bridge could warp or cracrack. Too thick, And you will lose Tone and volume.
What Don said is Exactly what Gage told me when he worked on my Bridge.
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10-06-2001, 05:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Ridgewood, NJ | | | I just checked four bridges made by Arnold Schnitzer. They're all 4mm. That's apparently his standard. He has a large number of major clients, and I'm sure that if 4mm presented a problem, he'd know about it. Nevertheless, 7/64 is less than 3mm.
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10-07-2001, 11:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Morganton, NC | | | Thank you, Don, for your fact-finding. Although the top of my bridge is 7/64", it is beveled so that the bottom of the string is resting on a little more surface than the top edge of the bridge, so I may be a little closer to the ballpark. I'll be sure future adjustments take into account the figures you found. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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