aarongreen -> RE: Low flamenco bridge needed (Oct. 29 2009 14:49:04)
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To answer your question Ngiorgio, you often see tieblocks a bit higher which is due to the need to have some wood above the string holes and the inlayed bone strips. It gets awfully close when you have a string height of 7 mm off the top at the bridge, which means your probably at the most dealing with a 6mm bridge height. In such cases I will have the back of the tieblock higher than the front, tilting it so it slants down towards the front of the bridge. This helps keep the break angle where I want it. Other aspects that affect the break angle is the space between the saddle and the front of the tieblock, and where the loop is in relation to the front of the tieblock, when you tie the strings conventionally. Contrary to popular belief, at least IMO, you only need so much break over angle to do the job, more is not necessarily better after a certain point. Certainly it could very easily be a no-thing, that is not better not worse. Most of us make our bridges to fit each guitar. I have blanks machined out with a few jigs of mine but when it's time I go through them all and pick out the ones I like for each guitar and then modify them accordingly. Graham is right Stormserge, you should look into this further, you could very easily have other issues that need addressing. I wouldn't mess with the bridge on a 58 Contreras without having a luthier go over the guitar. I didn't even realize he was building back then, that was certainly during or maybe even before his tenure at Ramirez. I'd love to see some pictures. Aaron
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