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Apr 17, 2014 9:25:50 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2014 9:25:50 GMT -5
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Apr 17, 2014 9:28:50 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2014 9:28:50 GMT -5
Always liked the Washburn butterfly too:
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Apr 17, 2014 9:31:00 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2014 9:31:00 GMT -5
Taylor makes a nice bridge
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Apr 17, 2014 9:35:30 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2014 9:35:30 GMT -5
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Post by billhammond on Apr 17, 2014 9:45:06 GMT -5
Romantic
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Apr 17, 2014 9:50:18 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2014 9:50:18 GMT -5
There ought to be a window to puke through.
Why would there be a roof on a bridge like this? You're driving in the open air for hundreds of miles and when you cross a stream, you need a roof? I suppose maybe you don't want any rain water to FALL IN THE RIVER !
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Apr 17, 2014 9:56:52 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 9:56:52 GMT -5
From a artistic point of view this is a lovely bridge, from a repairman's view it's close to a nightmare. Long tapered points, holes that create thin sections or mustache like curls all have problems at some point. People get wide eyed when I tell them it will be $150-$200 to reglue their bridge, is pretty worth $400-$500 to reglue? Points, holes and curls make for nasty problems when they come loose, thus making them much more expensive to fix. Both Taylor and Goodall designed bridges that are artistic and properly functional, Lowden's long tapered bridge can be difficult to repair and to Gibson's mustache bridge is a nightmare at times.
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Apr 17, 2014 9:59:18 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 9:59:18 GMT -5
There ought to be a window to puke through. Why would there be a roof on a bridge like this? You're driving in the open air for hundreds of miles and when you cross a stream, you need a roof? I suppose maybe you don't want any rain water to FALL IN THE RIVER !The architect doesn't understand the roof?
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Apr 17, 2014 10:02:26 GMT -5
Post by godotwaits on Apr 17, 2014 10:02:26 GMT -5
I second Marty's post. And raise you an extra stupid for that design. Looks like it's suffering from a case of oleosis. Not to mention all the extra food drippings that could be contained in that design.
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Apr 17, 2014 10:04:14 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 10:04:14 GMT -5
What? Nobody liked this one?
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Apr 17, 2014 10:10:06 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2014 10:10:06 GMT -5
. . . , Not to mention all the extra food drippings that could be contained in that design. Keep your cheeseburgers away from your guitar then. I'm sure it (The Cheval) is a pain to work on. The curly Q is probably next to useless acoustically. But it's a lovely curvilinear expression in the middle of a curvilinear sculpture. A focal point, so to speak. Delicate and whimsical without being gaudy or blocky. I like it
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Apr 17, 2014 10:12:29 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2014 10:12:29 GMT -5
What? Nobody liked this one? I've never liked the fat caterpillar.
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Apr 17, 2014 10:14:19 GMT -5
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Post by TKennedy on Apr 17, 2014 10:14:19 GMT -5
A lot of those bridges have too much mass. Especially Ebony ones. The weight and footprint of the bridge is a big factor in the way a guitar sounds. Mass equals damping.
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Apr 17, 2014 10:32:20 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 10:32:20 GMT -5
A lot of those bridges have too much mass. Especially Ebony ones. The weight and footprint of the bridge is a big factor in the way a guitar sounds. Mass equals damping. I was going to get into that point too. There is a reason classical guitar bridges are all pretty much the same design and the majority of them are rosewood, not ebony even though their fingerboards are ebony. Anybody, besides Terry, know why?
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Apr 17, 2014 11:42:10 GMT -5
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Post by theevan on Apr 17, 2014 11:42:10 GMT -5
A lot of those bridges have too much mass. Especially Ebony ones. The weight and footprint of the bridge is a big factor in the way a guitar sounds. Mass equals damping. I was going to get into that point too. There is a reason classical guitar bridges are all pretty much the same design and the majority of them are rosewood, not ebony even though their fingerboards are ebony. Anybody, besides Terry, know why? Weight and acoustic liveness. Rosewood wins every day
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Apr 17, 2014 12:02:22 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 12:02:22 GMT -5
I was going to get into that point too. There is a reason classical guitar bridges are all pretty much the same design and the majority of them are rosewood, not ebony even though their fingerboards are ebony. Anybody, besides Terry, know why? Weight and acoustic liveliness. Rosewood wins every day That is part of it. What about the design?
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Apr 17, 2014 12:52:23 GMT -5
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Post by theevan on Apr 17, 2014 12:52:23 GMT -5
Classical bridge is as low mass as practical while allowing enough gluing surface to make it reliable. Steel strings are going to need more chunk I imagine. Just thinking on this some more, besides being a crucial element for transmitting vibration, it has to be wide enough to resist torsional force as well as straight-line string pull.
Also, ebony is way more prone cracking than rosewoods.
Getting warm?
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Apr 17, 2014 13:05:56 GMT -5
Post by RickW on Apr 17, 2014 13:05:56 GMT -5
I like the Taylor bridge, and the fat caterpillar. I like the plain old pregnant bridge, too. The mustache bridge is hideous. Don't like those french ones.
Fat caterpillar is simple, curvaceous, lovely.
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Apr 17, 2014 13:14:27 GMT -5
Post by Lonnie on Apr 17, 2014 13:14:27 GMT -5
There ought to be a window to puke through. Why would there be a roof on a bridge like this? You're driving in the open air for hundreds of miles and when you cross a stream, you need a roof? I suppose maybe you don't want any rain water to FALL IN THE RIVER !Ahem... The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered wooden bridges have a life span of only 10 to 15 years because of the effects of rain and sun.
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Apr 17, 2014 13:36:04 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2014 13:36:04 GMT -5
A lot of those bridges have too much mass. Especially Ebony ones. The weight and footprint of the bridge is a big factor in the way a guitar sounds. Mass equals damping. So this might be a nice un-massive bridge then
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