Question about bridges

Jeff Moore

Guess your off the shelf bridge fit to begin with.
Sorry if I put you to work unnecessarily.

Lango-Django

Not at all, I'm glad to have done the job properly, Jeff.

Just a bit disappointed that it didn't really change the sound...

Jeff Moore

Those are beautiful guitars.
Your not happy with the sound?
I play a Lebreton and I'm pleased as punch. I've got another Lebreton and a VR, and Cigano short scale that I like. I think I could live happy with the sound of any of the first three.

Al Watsky

Many high quality arch top guitars have bridges that contact the top across the entire length of the bridge. No feet. Its a design element.
Gibson on the high end instruments such as L5's , Epiphone, D'Angelico and D'Aquisto all made guitars that have a full contact bridge. They were in the early models always fully acoustic.
Early Sel/Mac guitars also had a full contact bridge. That was changed to the 2 point contact hollow bridge later , I think because the early guitars were really in the prototype stage. The design needed to be changed. They changed it. It was better. Bang, now lets make every bridge lighter and hollow on every guitar ? No.
I have a couple of high end Arch tops coming in later this month.
I will not be advising their owners to have me build new 2 point contact bridges for them. The builders designed them for full contact bridges.
A bridge is considered a brace by some builders. In some cases its considered a "main brace" . Especially if its glued.
Having this knee jerk reaction of lightening every bridge we see as some panacea is mistaken.