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Making a rosewood Bridge...and looking at reducing mass by hollowing out!!
MisterKevster
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Hi All
....new to this forum...perhaps this question has been addressed in earlier years....but I'm not sure how to find the conversations!
Have a nice piece of very old Brazillian rosewood that was given to me by Steve Phillips, a great maker (of Martin/Gibson style) guitars, and a great player in general. (Notting HillBillies et al.)
Does the hollowing out have to be done with precision...as in machining....or can a more approximate hand/eye process be used?
I'd love to find some decent views of the process....if there are any out there please??
Presume that the idea is to leave the bridge structurally sound, while removing as much 'unseen' material as possible......am I on the right track?
....new to this forum...perhaps this question has been addressed in earlier years....but I'm not sure how to find the conversations!
Have a nice piece of very old Brazillian rosewood that was given to me by Steve Phillips, a great maker (of Martin/Gibson style) guitars, and a great player in general. (Notting HillBillies et al.)
Does the hollowing out have to be done with precision...as in machining....or can a more approximate hand/eye process be used?
I'd love to find some decent views of the process....if there are any out there please??
Presume that the idea is to leave the bridge structurally sound, while removing as much 'unseen' material as possible......am I on the right track?
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This is a very informative video, I hope it helps.
There's no search function while on mobile version of the site. On the desktop version there will be a forum search box and it does a pretty good job. Don't confuse it with a store search box which is right above it. Or if you're on the mobile version you can click the "full site" link at the bottom of the page.
But yeah lots of discussion about it in the past, probably 2nd favorite topic, right behind picks.
Here's few:
http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/1796/lightweight-bridge/p1
http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/12371/
http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/12872/
http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/13680/tools-methods-for-bridge-making-alteration/p1