Ricardo -> RE: New Guitar problem (Feb. 27 2014 15:43:40)
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1) because I played almost all the makes on the list so my fingers memory has some reference. Particular good comparison is the slight adjustment of Ramirez 1A vs Hauser....something I can feel the difference of and had certainly noticed many years ago. 2.) "Without going into a whole dissertation, in general, the Hauser family puts too much compensation on their bridge placement, usually about 3mm longer from 12 to saddle than from nut to 12th. So for most players, they play a bit flat as you ascend the fingerboard. Modern Ramirez 1a's have the saddle slightly slanted, with the first string side placed so the 12th fret is the exact 1/2 distance, and the basses slightly longer (12th to saddle), maybe about 1mm compensation max, which is not enough for most players. Previous generations of Jose Ramirez, like most Spaniards, place the bridge so the 12th is the exact 1/2 distance, although you will often find they miss sometimes due to sloppy, careless measuring. My '67 Faustino Conde media luna is intonated with the 12th fret exactly in the mid point (no compensation), ditto my '34 Santos, ditto my '55 Barbero, ditto my '62 Arcangel and ditto my '98 Gerundino. In general, this is the way Spanish makers placed their bridges in the days of gut strings and LOW actions, and it works in that situation. When you use slippery nylon, and raise the action to the height acceptable to most modern classical (or many modern flamenco players) then you need to place the bridge about 1-1.5mm further back from the 12th fret than the distance from the nut to the center of the 12th fret to allow for the slight sharpening of the string when you press it to the fret. Its that simple." -Richard Brune
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