Bass Bridge Position

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Sun Mar 9 11:39:29 MST 2008


> Here are some photos of the roughed in bridge layout.  The long bridge has
> been cut but with a bit of extra so that it may be trimmed a bit more when
> all is done.  You can see the placement of the transition bridge as well.  
> The cantilever has been removed from the bass bridge and it has been moved
> forward.  The cutting of the long bridge has created more space between the
> low end of the bass bridge and the low end of the tenor bridge.  What you
> don't see is that a bridge extension has been added to the top end of the
> bass bridge which is hidden underneath the plate and curves away from the
> nose bolt toward the rim.  The transition bridge will have a bit of an
> extension on the low end in its final form as well.  
> 
> David Love

It wouldn't take much plate grinding in the corner to tighten 
that radius and move that low bass down another 20mm. I think 
I'd do that. I got 135mm A-0 in a model L I'm finishing up.

Ron N


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