Mass Loading Bridges

Andrew and Rebeca Anderson anrebe@sbcglobal.net
Sat, 04 Feb 2006 22:39:10 -0600


It's my understanding that someone suggested some of the 
false-beating problems we deal with in the treble might be impedance 
related.  Anyone have observations regarding this?

Andrew Anderson

At 09:32 AM 2/4/2006, you wrote:

>>Terry,
>>Does mass loading the bridge work for the high treble end as well?
>>Tom Servinsky
>
>It extends sustain somewhat, and makes the treble sound - clearer! 
>Too much brings volume down. Just like adjusting impedance response 
>across the bass/tenor break, you can juggle weights until you like 
>the sound of the result.
>
>I'm talking about new, working soundboards. Mass loading old dead 
>boards, you'll get what you get, or not. I recommend making up some 
>weights of some sort, and experimenting.
>
>
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>sixty or seventy times as much as a person that hadn't, and said a 
>person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was getting 
>knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever 
>going to grow dim or doubtful."
>-Tom Sawyer Abroad
>
>Ron N
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