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From: Sydney, Australia
12 hole bridge question
I was watching Flamenco Flamenco and Paco was playing a old looking guitar but I think it had a 12hole bridge because his guitar didn't have the loop that normally accompany 6 hole bridges. Has 12hole bridges been around for super long?
Sorry just a question to answer my curiosity.
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U can have an 18 hole bridge and no string showing. I have only seen this on a Romanillos: on a flamenco bridge there would be less wood, so could be dangerous, though beads or other stoppers work perfectly well.
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Joined: Jan. 20 2004
From: Austin, Texas USA
RE: 12 hole bridge question (in reply to HolyEvil)
Most of my guitars are fairly old, 1967-91. When I bought them I had never heard of a 12-hole bridge. Not to say positively that such didn't exist, but I seriously doubt that known luthiers and factories were making them.
My 2008 Abel Garcia classical has a 12-hole bridge. I don't remember discussing it when I ordered the guitar. In a later conversation, after I received the very nice instrument, Abel said it's what he routinely does. I like it.
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Joined: Jul. 14 2011
From: Newark, DE, USA
RE: 12 hole bridge question (in reply to HolyEvil)
How long has Romanillos been making 18 hole bridges? I use them on classicals, but I can't figure out how I'd find enough wood to do it on a flamenco bridge.
RE: 12 hole bridge question (in reply to HolyEvil)
Well I've living in the San Francisco area for 22 years and every time I see things with too many holes poked in them it traumatizes me and just reminds me of the body mod freaks that walk down the street publicly displaying their pierced junk.
RE: 12 hole bridge question (in reply to HolyEvil)
Stephen, 18 holes allow you to display a clean tie block inlay.
The first i saw some 11 years ago on a Rafael Moreno classical. He told me that it would be a very bad idea to use 18 holes on a flamenco. Because there´s not enough wood , the tieblock would end up being to weak.
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Joined: Jan. 29 2012
From: Seattle, Washington, USA
RE: 12 hole bridge question (in reply to HolyEvil)
I find this discussion fascinating--I never thought of an 18-hole tieblock. But I have to say, the photo, although blurry, seems to me to show the usual arrangement of 6 holes with loops of string tied over them in the usual way.
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Joined: Aug. 24 2009
From: Conroe, Texas
RE: 12 hole bridge question (in reply to krichards)
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but you can achieve the same outcome with 6 larger holes. You just thread the string through the hole twice.
How do you "lock" the end of the string? ....Oh, maybe you could use an adjacent hole to make the loop & when you get to the 1st string, uh.............???? Drill 1 more hole? kev
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The same way you would with 12holes. You make a knot by slipping the end through the first loop, a couple of times. You can also melt the end to produce a ball end on the nylon strings if you want extra security. The bass strings only need to be looped under once.
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