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03-14-2006, 01:35 PM
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03-14-2006, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by pmckinney4 | Yup. Please don't remind me.  |
03-14-2006, 02:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cuyahoga Falls, OH | | Can't say that I've seen one of those either. |
03-14-2006, 02:40 PM
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Retailer: Shen, Sun, older European | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Burlingame, California | | | multi-legged bridges
I remember seeing a photo of a three-legged bridge (cast aluminum?) with circular feet on spidery little legs. It looked like something out of a Dr. Seuss book!
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03-14-2006, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Ebay ...Not much more to say other than it is metal, black paint... | I bet that sounds great... psyche! lol
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03-14-2006, 04:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | Especially when those big screws start working their way through the top, like they did on the example I played. |
03-14-2006, 08:17 PM
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Framus, at one time, endorsed by Mingus, believe it or don't, used to make a bridge similar to this one....as well as the German cut-away craze of the late 50's.
I use the word craze facetiously (how the hell do you spell that?)
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03-14-2006, 08:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lewiston, Idaho | | I recently had the pleasure (?!?!) to borrow a bass from the local high school that has a metal bridge. The thing looks like a hockey mask!  The other members of the chamber orchestra I play with called it the "Hannibal Lector" bass  . Surprisingly, it did not seem to significantly alter the sound of the bass although I am sure there was some difference. Also, I'm guessing it may stand up to high school kids a little better than a "normal" bridge. Man, those kids can be hard on stuff 
I really wish I had taken a picture of it before I returned it. It certainly was a conversation piece if nothing else 
Shelly 
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03-21-2006, 10:21 AM
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That thing on Ebay- a string jack. Back in the day, before adjusters in bridge legs, serious bassists had different bridges. You would slide this thing onto the belly, crank it until it lifted the strings off the real bridge, swap bridges, and lower the strings. |
03-22-2006, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Hare That thing on Ebay- a string jack. Back in the day, before adjusters in bridge legs, serious bassists had different bridges. You would slide this thing onto the belly, crank it until it lifted the strings off the real bridge, swap bridges, and lower the strings. | Bridge jacks are still a very handy tool to keep the sound post in place while working on the bridge.
This is supposed to be a real alternative to a real wood bridge.
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