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El Burdo -> bridge height, one more time (Mar. 7 2012 23:09:11)
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I attach a drawing of the bridge I intend to make. (I now draw stuff, thanks all who suggested doing it).
My Santos drawing wants 10mm saddle height and 8mm bridge height. I'd like to try it at 6mm and 8mm as those seem to be the most popular flamenco dimensions.
But, when I draw out the path of the string - so it doesn't bite against the exit edge of the tie block - it is, I assume, far too close to the top?
So I guess I have to bring the angle down, or raise the height of the tie block. It doesn't seem right to have a tie block as high as than the saddle so I 'll ditch that. And I can see no benefit to angle it down either.
Is it OK to put the string under duress at the leading edge of the tie block? i.e. having a gentle angle coming in, but a sharper angle coming out? Doesn't seem safe to me, unless you sell strings.
The only other choice is to lower the string holes at the back but anything less than 3mm seems a bit dangerous.
The bottom dome on the bridge will be bigger than it appears and I know you can dig into the bridge at the block, but can't see the point here. I'm using a 2mm dome and 1mm neck inclination. Though when I actually measure it expect something fully 'else' so probably won't cut the final height of the bridge until I can string it up.
Thnaks. God I wish there was a word, thnaks. I'd save hours....
Thanks
Jeff.
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