I strongly suspect they are custom built for each model of HG, they would have to be
On octave tuning, this should only take a few seconds on each string The rule is: When you move the nut, all the tangents follow it in the same direction If the octave tangent is turned towards the wheel, move the nut away from the wheel The nut movement should be 2 times the amount you wan't to move the octave tangent If you are setting up in a non-equal temperament you may want to have the octave tangents NOT square This will help to reduce large offsets of the first few tangents at the low end of the keyboard Graham -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lauwers Pieter Sent: 19 May 2008 08:39 To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: RE: [HG] Adjustable bridge Maybe a very dumb question: Do these adjustable bridges exist ready made or are they custom build by the builders of certain instrument. If ready-made bridges exist I would really consider changing the bridge on my HG's. Shimming is a bore and octave tuning a b..! When I was young and pretty I used to play a Gibson 335 with a fully adjustable bridge, a dream to set up! Pieter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oscar Picazo Ruiz Sent: 19 May 2008 08:45 To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: Re: [HG] Adjustable bridge I use the adjustable bridge on my Weichselbaumer alto from about 9 months ago. I did not notice sound dampening or quality decrease. On the other hand, you get many advantages: get rid of the paper shims and can change the bridge to wheel distance to get a better upper octave tuning. About teh question regarding using it with a three or four string instrument, it is convenient to fit the string slots in order to adjust them to the wheel circunference and string gauge to get a good performance of the system. It works perfect for me. Regards, Oscar. 2008/5/15 Marsbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I guess it all depends on the design. I have seen some interesting things done with adjustable bridges to make them work and minimise the dampening effect. The main difficulty I would see is that on a luthier built instrument there are going to be variances that mean what works for one instrument may not work exactly the same on another. But if someone can overcome that then I can see them being popular. Fi -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Wascher Sent: Thursday, 15 May 2008 8:42 AM To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: Re: [HG] Adjustable bridge Hello, Am 15.05.2008 um 00:00 schrieb Marsbar: > The problem will always be the change in the sound transmission > through the > bridge. The moment you add a couple of metal dohickey's to the > bridge you > are going to dampen it. I use the adjustable bridge that Wolfgang Weichselbaumer offers on my 1999 Alto for about half a year now. I did not experience any adititional damping that is more than the damping by the paper I used before. This minimal damping cant weight out the perfection in pressure balance I can have since. The sound got better in my oppinion. As Matthias Loibner mentioned before the system also allows the bridge to be more relaxed via minimized bending of the bridge due to the systems joints. Simon ***************************************************************Your E-mail has been scanned against Potential Virus and Spyware/Graywaredangers by the MOD BE SECURITY SYSTEMS. This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal.
