Negative bearing

[Greg Newell]

Ron,
    What are you doing with a new board to eliminate the need for a cantilevered
bass bridge? Are you thinning the board or routing it in proximity to the
location of the bass bridge to make it more flexible in that area? Is not the
reason for the cantilevered design to get the bulk of the bridge away from the
edge of the board? Just trying to gain understanding.

Greg

Ron Nossaman wrote:

>
> I don't like cantilevers at all, because they're hard on the soundboard. I
> like some bearing, but I probably load them lighter than some folks, though
> possibly heavier than David. In an older board, I'll use under 0.3° with a
> cantilever bridge in the bass, about the same or a bit more in the low to
> mid tenor, graduating up to something a little over 1° in the treble. With
> a new board, I hope to have eliminated the bass cantilever altogether, and
> will load it somewhere between 0.3° and 0.5° in the bass and tenor, up to
> about 1.5° in the treble.
>
> Ron N

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