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For sale Lowe Custom Guitars 8 & 10-string Bass Guitar Bridges

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$210.00 to $260.00
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Odessa Florida, United States
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Lowe Custom Guitars manufactures the only currently available 8-string bass bridge that offers intonation and height adjustment for each individual string.

This bridge retrofits a standard/vintage-spec 5-screw bridge without modification, it has 2.3" edge-to-edge string spacing, and the saddles lock from the treble side of the bridge. The v-groove in the saddle acts as a string retainer and the shelf over the intonation screws acts as a zero-fret.

The bridge is CNC-machined from brass and chrome-plated, all in the USA. There is a patent pending on this design.

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Latest questions

Have you given any thought to a 12 string bridge? 4x3
BTL
BTL
Yes, it’s possible, but the market is very small.

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Jefus

Does this amp make my bass sound fat?
Feb 23, 2008
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Sacramento
That's awesome!

Will they be available in black or other colors?
 

ctmullins

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Apr 18, 2008
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Gorgeous! Congratulations on getting this off the ground!
 

BTL

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Sep 26, 2006
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Odessa, FL
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Brad Lowe, Lowe Custom Guitars
I looked into distributing these bridges through suppliers like Allparts, WD, & StewMac. That's not feasible in the short-term for a variety of reasons so I have updated my pricing to reflect a direct-sales model.
 
Jul 1, 2018
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Kalamazoo, MI
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Direct-sales pricing is now posted.
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This is the only currently available 8-string bass bridge that offers intonation and height adjustment for each individual string. Retrofits a standard/vintage-spec 5-screw bridge without modification. 2.3" string spacing. Saddles lock from the treble side of the bridge. Patent Applied For.

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Super cool Brad!

Will you kindly post pics of the test mule showing how the strings are intended to route over the individual saddles? It seems to my eye from these pics that it will take some doing to cut string channels, but I'm sure I'm misunderstanding something.

Thanks!
 

BTL

Commercial Seller
Commercial User
Sep 26, 2006
3,674
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Odessa, FL
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Brad Lowe, Lowe Custom Guitars
Super cool Brad!

Will you kindly post pics of the test mule showing how the strings are intended to route over the individual saddles? It seems to my eye from these pics that it will take some doing to cut string channels, but I'm sure I'm misunderstanding something.

Thanks!

No channel needs to be cut. The v-groove acts as a string guide that maintains string-to-string spacing. The shelf acts as a zero fret.
 
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Gary_M

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Hey, congratulations! That's a great looking bridge. I'm sure I missed it, but what is the fundamental to octave spacing?
 

ctmullins

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Apr 18, 2008
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Hey, congratulations! That's a great looking bridge. I'm sure I missed it, but what is the fundamental to octave spacing?

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There’s a nice dimensional drawing in the opening post.
 

BTL

Commercial Seller
Commercial User
Sep 26, 2006
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Odessa, FL
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Brad Lowe, Lowe Custom Guitars
Fundamental to octave spacing is 0.07", just a tad more than the 0.06" that @Bruce Johnson recommended. The 0.020" is CTC for the strings and it accommodates the slight offset required for the thickness of the grommets/ball ends.
 

Gary_M

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There’s a nice dimensional drawing in the opening post.

I think the drawing only shows dimensions for the base plate, not for the saddles... no? I'm looking for the spacing between the e and the E, the a and the A...
 

ctmullins

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Oh shoot, sorry!
 
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South Carolina
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Direct-sales pricing is now posted.
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This is the only currently available 8-string bass bridge that offers intonation and height adjustment for each individual string. Retrofits a standard/vintage-spec 5-screw bridge without modification. 2.3" string spacing. Saddles lock from the treble side of the bridge. Patent pending.

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